tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post1006113800222638513..comments2024-03-22T05:48:33.690-07:00Comments on Uncensored John Simon: ESSAYJohn Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00876490457067235124noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-33864392553874611942018-07-26T06:30:16.764-07:002018-07-26T06:30:16.764-07:00It might be that an essayist's state of mind t...It might be that an essayist's state of mind to books is constantly irresolute, for one reason one composes is that every current book is by one means or another unsuitable, however, it's unquestionably hard to think about a superior image of development. Obviously the image changes; the fine book, its materials, its craftsmanship, its outline, was persuasive of a human advancement established on means, relaxation, and taste; today the image is the soft cover, heaved in several thousand against the undeveloped territories (Asia, Africa, the youthful), spreading what we believe is best in our idea and creative energy. In the event that our qualities are to keep up a place on the planet, these are the troops that will win it for them, however, triumph is definitely not an inescapable result.<br /><a href="http://writinghacks.bloopist.com" rel="nofollow">writinghacks</a>Ciana Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03918848902575557857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-69119345496806968442016-05-23T13:13:49.321-07:002016-05-23T13:13:49.321-07:00Count me as well. MacDonald belonged to the old sc...Count me as well. MacDonald belonged to the old school of film critics who were polymath intellectuals in their own right (before "Thumbs-Up" TV reviewers took over the medium). I also have his classic book on parody and his account of the Chicago 7 trials. I love his writing and argumentation even when I disagree with him (like about Orson Welles).Aldo da Fehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10080202757316175922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-2584342233587154632016-05-23T11:38:18.206-07:002016-05-23T11:38:18.206-07:00I too like Dwight MacDonald. He comes across as ve...I too like Dwight MacDonald. He comes across as very conversational, despite (or hence?) the copious parenthetical asides and constant cf.-ing. (For a lively debate between Mr. MacDonald and Mr. Simon on the merits of Fellini's "8 1/2," cf. MacDonald's "On Movies." Scott Whittakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03968186273740791074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-7507195269800194892016-05-20T09:48:19.228-07:002016-05-20T09:48:19.228-07:00I'm no good at essays. I'm not smart enoug...I'm no good at essays. I'm not smart enough to write a good essay. I can't even think of a good topic, much less compose something intelligent that may make others reconsider life. <br /><br />I thought of topics like "I Can't Pee With Him Watching Me". It was an idea about restroom attendants. Stupid shit. The only thing I got going is basement humor. Pretty sad.<br /><br />Or, I thought of an idea about, "My First Essay: Why We Step on Bugs". It was going to be an essay from a little kid's point of view. I gave up on it. I realized that there were probably little kids out there that could ACTUALLY write a better essay than I was doing. See what I mean? If there are grade school kids that can write better than you, then you need to give up!<br /><br />Or, I thought of doing an essay lampooning 'Walden'; it was about me walking around my backyard spraying weeds and contemplating life. Then, when I wrote some it, I realized I was spelling "Walden" like this: "Waldon". I completely lost it! Who am I kidding? I can't lampoon Walden, I don't even know how to spell it!<br /><br />I've read scholarly essays that I can't get through two paragraphs. How can I write an essay if I can't even read (and understand) one? There are too many big words. How do people get so smart? I've been to college (I majored in computer science), but I never remembered learning enough to get THAT smart. Maybe it was all the beer and pot? I don't know.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-8072149952545007952016-05-17T01:28:57.461-07:002016-05-17T01:28:57.461-07:00Hate jumping to conclusions, but...
I don't th...Hate jumping to conclusions, but...<br />I don't think the pleasure you take in Simon's writing is reciprocated.Aldo da Fehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10080202757316175922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-69537092650663611102016-05-16T10:22:24.278-07:002016-05-16T10:22:24.278-07:00"It is not easy to sell out if you have anyth..."It is not easy to sell out if you have anything to sell."<br /><br />That may be true, but it is no less true that not-selling-out is easy for those with nothing to sell.<br /><br />Suppose some no-talent cannot write a song with nice melody that will appeal to people. How does he justify himself? He pretends to be an avant-garde artist making music only for those who 'get it'. And this crap music consists of a lot of dissonant chords any idiot kibbler can make by randomly hitting the keys.<br /><br />Or take Chantal Akerman, that total no-talent turd-woman. She made films that appealed to 'radical' losers whose only pleasure in life derives from the conceit of 'getting' what most people don't 'get'.<br /><br />To that, I say get outta here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com