Re: Who wrote Holden Caulfield

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> Why on earth not ??? This reminds me of an argument I had last year
with
> Marion Potts, the head of education at Sydney Theatre Company and
her Ned
> boyfriend, who is also a drama teacher. We were talking about
Romeo+Juliet,
> the then-recent movie. Marion said `It's ridiculous, it's not
Shakespeare,
> kids are coming out of it saying `Why did everyone talk so funny?'
Ned and
> I were quite to the contrary: we had both personally observed
fifteen year
> old girls putting down their Baby Sitters Club books and taking the
> Complete Shakespeare with them to read in bed!
> 
> My point is - *anything* that can enlighten, lead a path into or
otherwise
> entice anyone to read a fine piece of literature and enjoy it - even a
> really bad cable adaptation, even the Classics Illustrated comic book
> version - is worth it. There's absolutely no reason to be snobbish
about
> it. Apart from anything, it actually is a good song and in a lot of
ways
> the spirit of Punk is more close to the spirit of Holden than anything
> else. The guys from Green Day loved the book and loved Holden - why
> shouldn't they proclaim this and even make one kid read the book
when they
> otherwise wouldn't have?
> 
> Camille

Yeah I saw the new Romeo and Juliet and I hated it. It totally
destroyed the play. Besides, if a 15 year old girls is still reading
the Babysitter's Club then they have issues. I haven't liked Green Day
since I was in 8th grade when I did not appreciate good music. I'm not
being snobby about the song, I just don't like Green Day. Chiao
-Liz Friedman
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