I don't get your point, Jacques. In your own example,
obviously, both Ellington fans are correct. Ellington is a
composer who can be appreciated by both types of listeners.
It's seems to me you're claiming that the person who
considers what s/he reads is less valid than a person who
reads without consideration, just to kill time. I'm sure
that's not what you mean. What are you driving at?
Patrick King
--- Jacques Debierue <
matrxtech@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Patrick King
> <abrasax93@...> wrote:
> >
> > Mark wrote:
> > Damn, a little elitist, eh? I refuse to
believe
> that
> > modern readers of
> > escapist literature are not "discerning
readers."
> And
> > many of the
> > classics in our genre are the escapist
literature
> of
> > their day -- Gold
> > Medal, anyone? Regardless of the level
of
> > "discernment, " no readers
> > seek out books they expect to
dislike.
> > **********
> >
> > I'm just being realistic. Most readers DO judge
a
> book
> > by it's cover. It's impossible to know how
many
> > readers, like myself, bought The Davinci Code
and
> were
> > horribly disappointed by it.
> .....
> > But by comparison to Dan Brown, Jim Thompson
was
> on
> > par with Tolstoy.
> >
>
> Obviously (very obviously), Jim Thompson wrote a
far
> better noir novel than Tolstoy. I
> think you're prejudiced, perhaps by the old
division
> between "real fiction" and "genre
> fiction" in lit courses. It's bullshit, of
course,
> just like the division between "serious
music"
> and "entertainment music". Why the hell would
you
> read a work of fiction or listen to a
> piece of music if it doesn't entertain you in
the
> first place. It's not like reading and
> listening to music (add any other art you want)
are
> mandatory activities. If two guys are
> Ellington fans, say, and one says it's because
the
> stuff swings and the other says that it's
> because he likes to dissect the harmonies
and
> analyze the relationship of Ellington's
> method to the avant-gardists in France, would
you
> privilege the harmonies guy? Very
> dubious.
>
> Best,
>
> MrT
>
>
>
>
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