Re: the undisputed & the contenders

Subject: Re: the undisputed & the contenders
From: Louise Z. Brooks (invertedforest@angelfire.com)
Date: Sun Mar 12 2000 - 21:47:48 EST

I always found it both interesting and telling that Salinger wrote in his school newspaper's entertainment column that he (metaphorically, I hope) `throws stones at small children who resemble Shirley Temple'. Given that Shirley always played such an Esme-esque role; always the knowing, precocious orphan who breaks down the defences of anyone around her. The movies of her later career even strike me as somehow reminiscent of that shady `grown up' Esme we encounter in silhouette at the beginning of the story beckoning Sergeant X to come to her wedding. Was `For Esme' written as a reaction against the sort of squeaky sentimentality such films evinced? Is it actually in part a subscription to the mode? Either way, Shirley Temple and JDS make a pretty interesting juxtaposition.

And for the record, parts of me say very loudly that Patti Smith, much as I love her, is as big a phony as Debbie Harry ever was - possibly or even probably more. And `Rapture' is one of the best songs ever. 

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Louise Z. Brooks
"Invention my dear friends is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation and 2% butterscotch ripple." - Willy Wonka

On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 20:38:14   AntiUtopia wrote:
>In a message dated 3/12/00 7:19:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>invertedforest@angelfire.com writes:
>
><< Patti Smith hated Debbie Harry. Jerry Lee Lewis hated Elvis Presley. I 
>wonder at what level Jerry Salinger felt threatened by Ernest Hemingway?
> 
> Annie Hall. Sweet Salinger, now *that's* a movie! Woody may marry as many 
>stepchildren as he likes, but gosh damn is he a great film-maker ;) 
> 
> ---
> Louise Z. Brooks >>
>
>I think Patti Smith hated Debbie Harry on principle. . .I think she has too 
>much self respect to envy a bubble head that like . . .
>
>Jim
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