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roachboy · 05-08-2007, 09:39 AM

ace--look, i wasnt and still am not interested in any pissing match with you, since what irks me here is not you but ann coulter: that she is, that she has a forum, and worse that she has an audience with which her idiotic positions appear to resonate. i probably should have taken out the opening line altogether, the one which made it appear as though the whole post was aimed at you when it wasnt. or drawn a line or something.

the main point was in the last paragraphs in any event: the curious assymtery between conservative positions on education and "standards" on the one hand, and the resonance that a fuckwit of ann coulter's epic proportions has in that world. kinda tough to square that one.

as for the stooges: i dont know where the problem with them might be: they dont pretend to be or do anything other than what they do (well, did...) when they tried political commentary--like the shorts involving that great map of the world and moe dressed as hitler and curly as mussolini--it was stupid and obvious and kinda funny, in the way that the stooges are always stupid and obvious and kinda funny. i was a fan when i was a kid. i am less a fan now, but that's mostly because of repetition--the three stooges are like the beatles in that way--through no fault of their own (in either case) i have trouble with what they do because i have been saturated with it and the boredom that follows comes from saturation. it is a shame too because in both cases this is not the relation to this material that i would prefer to have, and sometimes i feel like repetition has taken something from me.
but that's maybe a personal quirk.
who knows?

for what its worth, my favorite comedies are jacques tati's monsieur hulot films (mr. hulot's vacation, mon oncle, playtime)
i dont watch them too often because i love them and really want to be able to still love them.
this in the end is what growing up with the stooges taught me.

as for nathaniel west--you are in a curiously fortunate position not knowing about his writing (miss lonleyhearts in particular) because you can, if you like, have a treat.
and treats are good.
everybody likes treats, i think.
maybe you'll like this one.

05-08-2007, 09:39 AM	#56 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	ace--look, i wasnt and still am not interested in any pissing match with you, since what irks me here is not you but ann coulter: that she is, that she has a forum, and worse that she has an audience with which her idiotic positions appear to resonate. i probably should have taken out the opening line altogether, the one which made it appear as though the whole post was aimed at you when it wasnt. or drawn a line or something. the main point was in the last paragraphs in any event: the curious assymtery between conservative positions on education and "standards" on the one hand, and the resonance that a fuckwit of ann coulter's epic proportions has in that world. kinda tough to square that one. as for the stooges: i dont know where the problem with them might be: they dont pretend to be or do anything other than what they do (well, did...) when they tried political commentary--like the shorts involving that great map of the world and moe dressed as hitler and curly as mussolini--it was stupid and obvious and kinda funny, in the way that the stooges are always stupid and obvious and kinda funny. i was a fan when i was a kid. i am less a fan now, but that's mostly because of repetition--the three stooges are like the beatles in that way--through no fault of their own (in either case) i have trouble with what they do because i have been saturated with it and the boredom that follows comes from saturation. it is a shame too because in both cases this is not the relation to this material that i would prefer to have, and sometimes i feel like repetition has taken something from me. but that's maybe a personal quirk. who knows? for what its worth, my favorite comedies are jacques tati's monsieur hulot films (mr. hulot's vacation, mon oncle, playtime) i dont watch them too often because i love them and really want to be able to still love them. this in the end is what growing up with the stooges taught me. as for nathaniel west--you are in a curiously fortunate position not knowing about his writing (miss lonleyhearts in particular) because you can, if you like, have a treat. and treats are good. everybody likes treats, i think. maybe you'll like this one. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite Last edited by roachboy; 05-08-2007 at 09:41 AM..