RE: JDS Film and TV
PODESTA,Lesley (Lesley.PODESTA@deetya.gov.au)
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 13:00:45 +1100
Tim,
You wrote:
> If you haven't joined in but want to do so, don't
>be shy! The only guideline here is that the management of this lounge
>frowns upon personal attacks, and urges warring factions to switch
>themselves to private email exchanges in hurling insults and such.
Thank you. I came back to work today to find 64 emails, mostly about
bananafish stuff. It was a relief to read your message. All weekend I
had this "sick in the stomach feeling" about the list.
It's changed my life - well it's made me read and reread Salinger again
and again - and given me a much greater appreciation of different levels
of thought in his work.
I feel so nervous about writing anything to the list because I feel in
awe of the ideas and people behind some of the exchanges. And then, to
finally try to say something vaguely coherent and get shouted down by
someone else was just misery making.
So thanks. I'll stop feeling like Franny, get up off the couch and
write something for the fat lady.
Lesley P.
ps My new mobile phone had "Raise High the Roof Beam" keyed into it as
its welcoming message. Is there a cult within Japan and /or is JDS about
to sue Nokkia?
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>From: oconnort@nyu.edu[SMTP:oconnort@nyu.edu]
>Sent: Saturday, 15 November 1997 1:42
>To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>Subject: Re: JDS Film and TV
>
>On Fri, Nov 14, 1997 at 05:49:34PM +1100, PODESTA,Lesley wrote:
>
>> Well Malcolm, I wasn't aware that entering into an exchange was
>> "clogging up" a mailing list. Your response seems over the top to me.
>> What is making you so angry over a discussion?
>> Slightly offended,
>> LP
>
>A side note: In the movie "Radio Days," the Woody Allen character's
>parents spent all their time fighting. One memorable argument: Which
>is the greater ocean, the Atlantic or Pacific? Not which is bigger
>or deeper or warmer or colder, just the abstract "greater." Which
>captured, in my eyes, the absurdity of the family's endless fighting.
>Same time period, same city, but polar opposites of the Glass family,
>by the way.
>
>I don't mind following compare-and-contrast discussions about JDS's
>books and other work; I welcome assertions, and anyone who offers one
>here will find a number of people passionate enough about the subject to
>jump in the fray. If you haven't joined in but want to do so, don't
>be shy! The only guideline here is that the management of this lounge
>frowns upon personal attacks, and urges warring factions to switch
>themselves to private email exchanges in hurling insults and such.
>
>As the person most responsible for worrying about the capacity of this
>list, let me assure everyone involved that the only thing clogged around
>here is the space behind my nose. There is plenty of room (literally
>and metaphorically) here for all these discussions and a lot more.
>
>Have at it, and I will return to the sidelines now, with my box of
>tissues in hand....
>
>--tim o'connor
>