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Wed Jun-03-09 08:00 PM
Response to Reply #28 |
| 37. Reading it is better than watching it (Yes, I spoke such heresy). |
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It's a good movie, but it's dated in everything from its theme to its acting and directing. Still a good film, but the book is more nuanced, layered, and complex. The movie focuses mostly on the trial and the racial tension--which is good, because there is too much in the novel to successfully translate to the movie. On the other hand, it dates the movie a little more. Harper Lee described the book as "a love story," and that's what it is, on every level, in ways you can't paraphrase. One of the most incredible literary creations ever.
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| -Best literary one-hit wonders. |
jobycom |
Jun-03-09 02:19 PM |
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A thought from Goblinmonger |
Orrex |
Jun-03-09 02:35 PM |
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Yeah, I don't believe it, but who knows? |
jobycom |
Jun-03-09 03:45 PM |
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Honestly, I simply haven't read enough of their respective work even to speculate |
Orrex |
Jun-03-09 04:37 PM |
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Does seeing "Tru" count? |
Patiod |
Jun-05-09 09:07 AM |
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Yes, see my argument against goblinmonger's assertion in that thread |
mitchum |
Jun-03-09 05:43 PM |
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yes...I saw it and agree with it. |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Jun-03-09 06:58 PM |
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I think you, me, and McCamy Taylor were focused on the same theme. |
jobycom |
Jun-03-09 07:14 PM |
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Mockingbird (nt) |
bigwillq |
Jun-03-09 02:58 PM |
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I figured that would be the most popular here, and it is so far. Funny, though, |
jobycom |
Jun-03-09 03:55 PM |
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I love IJR and the Wheel of Fortuna. |
Are_grits_groceries |
Jun-03-09 05:01 PM |
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Wheels within wheels. |
jobycom |
Jun-03-09 05:03 PM |
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Here's a link to "A Christmas Memory." |
Are_grits_groceries |
Jun-03-09 05:09 PM |
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In Cold Blood finished them both off professionally I think. |
alphafemale |
Jun-03-09 06:48 PM |
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Ralph Ellison "Invisible Man" |
FloridaJudy |
Jun-03-09 04:08 PM |
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Darn. Forgot him, |
jobycom |
Jun-03-09 04:17 PM |
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That is the correct answer |
mitchum |
Jun-03-09 05:43 PM |
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"Juneteenth" was released after his death. |
jmm |
Jun-03-09 08:46 PM |
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Cadillac Flambe -- one of the stories from that mess -- is an interesting read |
fishwax |
Jun-05-09 02:44 AM |
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What about.."Profiles in Courage" John F. Kennedy..? |
Stuart G |
Jun-03-09 06:01 PM |
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Except Kennedy probably didn't write it... |
gmoney |
Jun-03-09 06:51 PM |
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Oh well...another bubble burst.........nt |
Stuart G |
Jun-03-09 10:44 PM |
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And it really wasn't a novel |
gmoney |
Jun-04-09 12:31 PM |
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Salinger's short stories work together as a "composite novel" |
gmoney |
Jun-03-09 06:26 PM |
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"Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me" is worth considering. |
MilesColtrane |
Jun-03-09 06:39 PM |
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Thought of that; it is undoubtedly the best novel written by a musician |
mitchum |
Jun-03-09 06:47 PM |
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The Constitution- the Virginia delegation |
underpants |
Jun-03-09 06:42 PM |
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Well, I was thinking fiction, but these days, sadly, the Constitution might apply. nt |
jobycom |
Jun-03-09 07:17 PM |
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self delete: replied to wrong post |
mitchum |
Jun-03-09 06:46 PM |
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I like all of these books.... |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Jun-03-09 06:59 PM |
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Other: "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley. -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Jun-03-09 07:20 PM |
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Oh, good pick. |
jobycom |
Jun-03-09 07:26 PM |
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"Freefall to Ectasy" by Jack Skowron... |
KansDem |
Jun-03-09 07:24 PM |
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I think I am the only person on the planet to have never read or watched |
Shell Beau |
Jun-03-09 07:33 PM |
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Reading it is better than watching it (Yes, I spoke such heresy). |
jobycom |
Jun-03-09 08:00 PM |
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Most movies can never add up to the book. So with a classic, I am |
Shell Beau |
Jun-03-09 10:36 PM |
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agree... |
Jade Fox |
Jun-04-09 02:26 PM |
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You'll love the part where the aliens land and destroy the zombies. |
gmoney |
Jun-04-09 12:33 PM |
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Tis a far, far better butt kicking I give, than any I have given before. |
jobycom |
Jun-04-09 06:20 PM |
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Isn't that "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" |
Patiod |
Jun-05-09 09:12 AM |
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Nasty poll. |
Mike 03 |
Jun-03-09 07:35 PM |
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How is that assumed in my poll? |
jobycom |
Jun-03-09 07:53 PM |
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Nevermind. I am voting for the obvious one, "Gone with the Wind." NT. |
Mike 03 |
Jun-03-09 07:54 PM |
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Honestly? It's fairly obvious from the list you have made, in addition |
Mike 03 |
Jun-03-09 07:58 PM |
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I think the opposite is obvious, honestly. |
jobycom |
Jun-03-09 08:09 PM |
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Herman Melville |
LostInAnomie |
Jun-03-09 07:35 PM |
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Hardly a one-hit wonder. nt |
jobycom |
Jun-03-09 07:52 PM |
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Except for Typee he didn't really have any other successful books besides Moby Dick. |
LostInAnomie |
Jun-03-09 07:57 PM |
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He published eleven novels. "Billy Bud" is also considered a great work. |
jobycom |
Jun-03-09 08:32 PM |
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No, it's like calling Chumbawamba a one hit wonder... |
LostInAnomie |
Jun-03-09 08:46 PM |
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Eleven novels. Three successful during his life. One best seller. Two literary classics. |
jobycom |
Jun-03-09 09:09 PM |
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I went with the Bronte sisters. Elitism thy name is literature. |
siligut |
Jun-03-09 07:56 PM |
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John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces |
Bucky |
Jun-03-09 08:24 PM |
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Technically not a one-hit wonder |
KamaAina |
Jun-03-09 09:09 PM |
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Hm, tricky point. |
jobycom |
Jun-03-09 09:15 PM |
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I just know there will be a good follow up to "Confederacy of Dunces" |
triguy46 |
Jun-03-09 09:16 PM |
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Well, Neon Bible kind of sucked (eom) |
gmoney |
Jun-04-09 12:36 PM |
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Frankenstein. The first modern novel. |
Deep13 |
Jun-04-09 01:04 PM |
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I'm starting to think Arthur Golden is going to be a 1-hit with "Memoir of a Geisha" |
LynneSin |
Jun-04-09 01:09 PM |
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"The Diary of a Young Girl" a/k/a "The Diary of Anne Frank". |
Moondog |
Jun-04-09 01:37 PM |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin.... |
Jade Fox |
Jun-04-09 02:22 PM |
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Juan Rulfo |
Enrique |
Jun-04-09 02:25 PM |
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Don Quixote |
Zomby Woof |
Jun-04-09 09:19 PM |
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Salinger |
last_texas_dem |
Jun-05-09 02:16 AM |
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Catcher in the Rye, hands down. |
Rhiannon12866 |
Jun-05-09 04:23 AM |
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