Subject: Re: A Perfect Day for German Poetry
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 13 2001 - 00:16:25 GMT
Jaws or no Jaws, I'd keep my phobia of sharks close by :)
Jim
PAUL KENNEDY wrote:
>
> Interesting that you should mention JAWS, Jim....
>
> Only last week I was talking with Peter Benchley, who told me that he
> totally regretted writing that book. The universal phobia for one of
> the world's least understood creatures is a consequence that makes it
> difficult for him to sleep at night--even in between the extravagantly
> expensive silk sheets that he bought with the royalties.
>
> (On the sub-theme of "shrink/assylum" films, I'd be interested in
> Scottie's reaction to FRANCES--which almost literally blew me away when
> first I saw it.... I actually did volunteer work at a Victorian
> institution in Fifeshire which was not unlike some of the horrendous
> scenes portrayed in that very realistic life of Frances Farmer.....)
>
> OSR--I don't really think "Holden as gay" will go very far. There's no
> trouble making a strong case for "Holden is scared shitless of
> sex"--given his honest and immediate reaction to both the hooker and
> Antolini.... I'd have acted EXACTLY the same way myself in both
> circumstances, when I was Holden's age.... I was scared shitless of sex
> too--which established an honest and immediate bond between us....
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul
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