RE: The Worst
Thor Cameron (my_colours@hotmail.com)
Thu, 03 Jun 1999 21:54:20 -0700 (PDT)
>Jordie rants about A Boy in France:
>"The letter from the parent is such an obvious emotional tactic
>that it turned me off completely, I didn't trust the author.
>It's like a politician screaming about the children of the
>loggers in hopes of saving the forest industry and showing
>pictures of them crying, hijinx, weapons and plastic
>flowers. Makes me bitter and cold and inspires me to
>write something real."
>
>Real??? I suppose your idea of real is _Reservoir Dogs_.
>
>A Boy in France was simply a slice of life of a soldier in France during
>WWII. I suspect that such soldiers often did, in fact, get letters from
>home, and said letters did have emotional impact on their recipients given
>the dangerous, messy circumstances. Hard to believe, I know. In any case, I
>didn't feel emotionally manipulated reading it.
>
>While we're on the topic of emotional tactics, I am so bored with this
>"look
>at me I'm real because I'm a bitter and cold cynic and you can't pull the
>wool over my eyes" posturing that has become so popular these days. This
>has
>been done ad nauseum. This is the fucking mantra of the 1990's! Nevermind
>real, how about writing something original?
>
>-Sean
Afraid I'll have to take the middle road on this one. It is obvious early
writing & the characters are not whole-ly genuine. However, especially to
it's contemporary audience, I think it got the point across. I felt cold &
lonely after reading it even though I didn't entirely suspend my disbelief.
Thor
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