http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/ A bibliophile's musings on books, libraries, the world, life, and anything else that comes to mind Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:54:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11750 Jane Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:08:55 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11750 Martin, I assume that my readers are intelligent enough to either a) get my reference or b) look it up on the internet. Martin, I assume that my readers are intelligent enough to either a) get my reference or b) look it up on the internet.

]]> http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11749 Alison Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:14:30 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11749 Watery tart! I love that part of that exchange. :) If I see MG at ALA this weekend, I will do my best to fart in his general direction. Hehehe. Watery tart! I love that part of that exchange. If I see MG at ALA this weekend, I will do my best to fart in his general direction. Hehehe.

]]> http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11744 martin Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:49:23 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11744 The responses here neatly demonstrate the pop culture conundrum: how far can we assume that our audience shares our frames of reference? It would appear that a substantial minority of your readers are completely unfamiliar with one of the most famous parts of one of the most popular films of the last 30 years, or at least so little familair with it that they choose to assume that you have decided on a whim to create an Arthurian political parody as a tangential critique of Gormangate. But if that is the case, are we forced to assume ignorance, and painstakingly explain on every occasion that when we say Macbeth we mean the play by Shakespeare, not the TV series Hamish Macbeth, and when we say Shakespeare we mean William Shakespeare not Robbie Shakespeare, and when we say Rimbaud we don't mean Sylvester Stallone's Vietnam vet? The responses here neatly demonstrate the pop culture conundrum: how far can we assume that our audience shares our frames of reference? It would appear that a substantial minority of your readers are completely unfamiliar with one of the most famous parts of one of the most popular films of the last 30 years, or at least so little familair with it that they choose to assume that you have decided on a whim to create an Arthurian political parody as a tangential critique of Gormangate. But if that is the case, are we forced to assume ignorance, and painstakingly explain on every occasion that when we say Macbeth we mean the play by Shakespeare, not the TV series Hamish Macbeth, and when we say Shakespeare we mean William Shakespeare not Robbie Shakespeare, and when we say Rimbaud we don’t mean Sylvester Stallone’s Vietnam vet?

]]> http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11741 The Whole Britannica/Gorman Brouhahaha « Life as I Know It Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:06:11 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11741 [...] Along with the fact that I was not really in the mood to blog, I decided not to comment. However, this commentary from Jane over at A Wandering Eyre made my day. Totally hysterical! I’m still laughing. And, [...] [...] Along with the fact that I was not really in the mood to blog, I decided not to comment. However, this commentary from Jane over at A Wandering Eyre made my day. Totally hysterical! I’m still laughing. And, [...]

]]> http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11740 Jennifer Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:04:30 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11740 Should we fart in his general direction? Should we fart in his general direction?

]]> http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11739 Greg Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:27:04 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11739 I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective. I didn’t know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.

]]> http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11737 Aaron the Librarian Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:24:07 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11737 Does that mean his father was a goat, and his mother smelled of elderberries?! Does that mean his father was a goat, and his mother smelled of elderberries?!

]]> http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11736 joshua m. neff Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:59:02 +0000 http://wanderingeyre.com/2007/06/20/im-being-repressed/#comment-11736 You. Are. Awesome. You. Are. Awesome.

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