tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post6714125252089575120..comments2024-03-22T05:48:33.690-07:00Comments on Uncensored John Simon: On Losers and LaughersJohn Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00876490457067235124noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-36104049443258441862014-04-01T02:35:14.754-07:002014-04-01T02:35:14.754-07:00Glad to see Mr. Simon is approaching his 89th birt...Glad to see Mr. Simon is approaching his 89th birthday -- the American composer William Mayer is also 89 this year, and his music is unjustly neglected -- the below link goes to his micro-opera 'Brief Candle':<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jc4PI2BsU0noochinatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12584058407655395128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-15635380182956908942014-03-31T15:29:50.384-07:002014-03-31T15:29:50.384-07:00This article calls to mind a phrase that you, John...This article calls to mind a phrase that you, John, once penned in describing audiences forcing themselves or pretending to like a movie or play that they had just paid to see: "Existence requires affirmation." Perfectly put.<br /> Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751323276413339411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-89355869027596095062014-03-29T12:00:09.007-07:002014-03-29T12:00:09.007-07:00Speaking of losers, I notice there is an intervie...Speaking of losers, I notice there is an interview of you conducted by Bert Cardullo on the web. Since he made up "Truffaut's Last Interview", and stole much else, did any such interview between you and Cardullo take place?Dan Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403040512986553644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-73431048040101528072014-03-20T08:26:55.671-07:002014-03-20T08:26:55.671-07:00"But try to question every conceivable prize ..."But try to question every conceivable prize and award being lavished on some minority playwright of questionable talent (I refrain from naming names) and, bingo, you are a racist, sexist, elitist and whatever other piece of 'non-pc-ism' they can accuse you of."<br /><br />But if minorities or gentiles dare to discuss Jewish power, they are fired and blacklisted. Ask Rick Sanchez, Helen Thomas, and Jason Richwine. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-321537160869961122014-03-20T08:22:52.410-07:002014-03-20T08:22:52.410-07:00"Now just try, as a teacher in the humanities..."Now just try, as a teacher in the humanities in most colleges, to grade a student with a D, to say nothing of an F, however well deserved, and get away with it."<br /><br />I got D's and F's but the damn professors got away with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-35866685479785019852014-03-20T08:19:27.523-07:002014-03-20T08:19:27.523-07:00"The Japanese, apparently, have great respect..."The Japanese, apparently, have great respect for them."<br /><br />Japanese fight and lose obediently for a collective cause, not out of individual conscience. It's about how others think, not about how one thinks.<br /><br />If Simon were Japanese, he would have srit his berry rong time ago to redeem his honor after stuff he said about homos in theater. <br /><br />Simon, unrike Japanese, does not care what others think of him. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-55455660893547216792014-03-20T08:11:12.841-07:002014-03-20T08:11:12.841-07:00"Well, my wife certainly laughs less and less..."Well, my wife certainly laughs less and less at my jokes, even though I find them just as funny as ever."<br /><br />I'll bet she still laughs in bed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com