Here's to personal taste
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sun, 22 Mar 1998 23:18:05 +1100
I totally agree with you Helena - me and my boyfriend disagree on a lot of
things art wise and I've long ago given up on segregating my friends into
those who `get it' and those who don't. You learn to live with it and it's
always interesting to see things from another point of view. You find a lot
of hostile reactions to Salinger, esp TCIR - you either love it or hate it.
It's funny, but I felt the same way as you about `On The Road' (which from
the look of recent posts will make us a) a minority and b) unpopular) -
I'm
currently wading through a copy of Burrough's `Naked Lunch' which I found
on the side of the road but I haven't formed an opinion on it yet. Hey, I
hated `Boogie Nights' too and it got some brilliant reviews over here! (not
to mention Oscar nominations) Differentstrokes, etc etc. And my boyfriend
is a great guy & not afraid to expresshis opinions, so that's what matters!
Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
THE ARTS HOLE
@ http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442
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> From: by way of Tim O'Connor <helenak@hempseed.com>
> To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
> Subject: Re: Hi Missy
> Date: Friday, 13 March 1998 3:32
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> [another helenak message smuggled in the back door. --tim]
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> From: helena kim <helenak@hempseed.com>
> Subject: Re: Hi Missy
> To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
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> camille wrote:
>
> > By the way my boyfriend is standing behind me saying `What's the big
deal
> > about `The Catcher in the Rye ? Nothing happens in it ! It's like
Seinfeld
> > in book form!'
> >
> > What do you make of this ?!
>
> i think your boyfriend is a brave and honest man. you're lucky to have
> him. too many people think that you *have* to like certain books, or
> else you're just not 'one of us' or you 'don't get it'. if he doesn't
> like it, it's nobody's loss or nobody's gain. it's just the way it is.
>
> so many people have been condescending and just plain mean to me just
> because i don't love kerouac's 'on the road'. i understand its
> significance in literary history blah blah, but as a book, i just wasn't
> overwhelmed by its genius. so shoot me. i enjoyed reading it, but it
> didn't have any profound effect on me.
>
> here's to personal taste.
>
> :helena
>