Re: Corporate Magazine Number One (aka, Time)
J J R (jrovira@juno.com)
Wed, 03 Jun 1998 16:43:32 -0400 (EDT)
heh...eh, this is a bit Extreme, I think. The main problem with Time
Magazine's attempt is that it's doomed to failure. NO MATTER WHO YOU
CHOOSE you're gonna make some people angry and some people happy. AND
YOU CAN NEVER CHOOSE RIGHT. I mean, come on, we do know that some
authors have definitely been more influential than others, but among
those that are influential, well, how can you choose between them?
It doesn't bother me that they choose DWEMs and DWAMs (racist, elitist
desginations concocted by the Self Righteous American Academia) because
DWEMs and DWAMs have largely been the most influential writers in the
English language so far this century, having come from the most educated,
wealthy group. While Victim Literature has a great deal of value for
social analysis, and oftentimes for inherent literary merit, the
demographics of the thing kinda dictates that this literature will be
marginalized by mainstream America (for example, Time Magazine) and less
in influence than the authors Time did choose.
These demographics are changing, of course, and a similar list made at
the end of the next century will undoubtedly represent a much wider array
of human experience. Academia,. for all it's faults, stupidities, self
righteousness, and downright Not To Be Understood as Anything Else
Freaking Ethnic Puritanism will ensure that to be the case, believe me...
I mean, I just took the English Subject Test (GRE) and needed to be
familiar with Countee Cullen (I was, a bit) and some Nigerian authors (I
was not, unfortunately).
The times they are a changing...
Jim
P.S. I'm not white. Not even close. But Pity that had to be said, you
know?
On Wed, 03 Jun 1998 08:34:39 -0400 (EDT) Andrew Charles Kennis
<holden@escape.com> writes:
>
>
>As far as Time Magazine is concerned, it is no surprise to me that one
>of
>the most corporate magz in the country would show it's racist,
>elitist,
>classist, and sexist leanings in full color when making a pathetic
>attempt to actually be a viable evualtor of artistic influence and
>talent. In the political world, Time has been responsible for some of
>the
>most gross errors in reporting for decades (i.e. East Timor,
>Indonesia, Cambodia, Cuba, etc., etc.; check out
>http://www.worldmedia.com
>to learn more about the horrors of Time and other corporate media),
>maintaining its reputation among activists as one of the largest
>propaganda
>distributors in the world.
>
>--AK
>
>
>
>
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