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A series of lectures.

posted 12 years ago by TwittingOnTrender
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I enjoyed it, and I agreed with most of the lectures, but it seemed a strangely blatant way of a writer getting his point across.

I loved the line (similar to) "We live in the 'Oh no, you didn't say that!' generation". I was trying to artiulate something similar when Lady Thatcher died. People who didn't have a clue about her and who weren't born when she was in power, dancing around fires and celebrating her death. I wasn't on her side politically, but I found that despicable - it was simply people getting their rocks off by shocking people and showing just how far they could push it...oh no, you didn't say that.

I also thought the girl was a weak link - her acting wasn't quite up to it. She didn't have the coquettishness that a Chloe Moretz or a Saoirse Ronan would have brought. As a result I didn't really feel there was much conflict when the "Will he/won't he/would he??" dilemma for Frank arose.

No Guru, No Method, No Teacher.

[–] billwenham 12 years ago

Oddly enough I never thought there was a "will he/won't he/would he?" moment.

[–] TwittingOnTrender 12 years ago

Not so much a moment as a sort of atmosphere, like when she was quizzing him on whether he found her attractive, and he responded that it was inappropriate. My take on it was that it was a way of showing he was too upright even to consider such a thing (unlike the guy in the diner). Again, it was a little "broad strokes", but I guess Bobcat's heart was in the right place.

No Guru, No Method, No Teacher.

[–] santielkapodeflores 11 years ago

oh boy you're watching too many "Epileptic Trees" here.