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                                          October 30, 2005



     Quoting "The Club Dumas" (1993),
     by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, p. 322
                                                     CLUB_DUMAS
         "I had no intention of throwing stones
         at my hero.  Particularly now, in
         these times of mediocrity and lack of
         imagination... Times in which people
         no longer admire marvels, as theater
         audiences and the readers of serials
         used to.  They hissed at the villains
         and cheered on the heroes with no
         inhibitions."  I shook my head
         sadly. "That applause unfortunately           BRAIN_PULP
         can no longer be heard. ... "



  p. 325:

  "As we mature, we admire Flaubert or
  prefer Stendhal, of Faulkner, Lampedusa,
  Garciá Marquez, Durrel, Kafka.  We become
  different from each other, opponents even.
  But we all share a conspiratorial wink
  when we talk about certain magical authors
  and books.  Those that made us discover
  literature without weighing us down with
  dogma or teaching us rules.  This is our
  true common heritage: stories faithful not       QUIXAND
  to what people see but to what people
  dream."


I dunno what he's talking about here.
The literature of "entertainment" often        BRAIN_PULP
does deal with morality and rules.

It's the literary literature that's
more likely to evade such things
out of fear of seeming trite.


  p. 326:

  "... You know yourself that a novel, or a film
  made for pure consuption, can turn into an
  exquisite work, from _The Pickwick Papers_ to
  _Casablanca_ and _Goldfinger_.  Audience turn to
  these archetype-packed stories to enjoy, whether
  consciously or unconsciously, the device of
  repeated plots with small variations.
  _Dispositio_ rather than _elocutio_... That's why
  the serial, even the most trite television
  serial, can become a cult both for a naive
  audience and for a more sophisticated one. ..."

                      
       Fucking Goldfinger?                            
                                                      
       Casablanca, sure, but Goldfinger?              
       The first half or so of Goldfinger             
       is okay, but it totally loses it               
       mid-way through... it's a complete             
       waste of Honor Blackman, and goes    
       off into an exceedingly dull,          The Honor Blackman character --
       interminable "suspenseful" finish      "Pussy Galore" (ha ha ha) --   
       with a terrible yet infectious         changes sides after being      
       soundtrack...  The worst of the        raped by Bond.                 
       Sean Connery Bonds, if you ask me.                                    
                                                  They don't make 'em like   
          Oh... maybe he means                    that any more, eh?         
          the novel rather than                                 
          the film... but                
          sticking it right after        
          the name of a famous           
          killer B doesn't make          
          it sound that way.             
                                                                            

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