Re: my so-called life
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Sat, 13 Sep 1997 14:34:07 -0600 (MDT)
Malcs, you bring up something very interesting to me. When I was an
undergraduate in the early seventies, it was uncool to watch tv. Having a
tv in your room was absurd but having a good stereo was a necessity, and
when you talked to someone you were attracted to, you talked music, books
and life, not about my so called life of tv watching.
But here's the paradox. More than 20 years and several degrees later, I
now watch tv. Granted my viewing is focussed on news, sports, and movies
we rent but which my wife mostly chooses, but I do enjoy it and admit it.
I'm aware that Mr. Salinger had a dish and probably enjoys a tv screen as
well.
I don't think we can dismiss tv as part of our reading lives though I'm
not at all sure how the conflict between reading and viewing is going to
be played out online or in my own life.
will