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rivkat

Funny and unfunny

Oct 08, 2004 09:36

How I love the Style Invitational. A recent contest was to update lines from literature with product placement. As is often the case, I found the first runner up much funnier than the winner: "And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the amazing Ginsu knife to slay his son, and the angel of the Lord called out, 'But wait, there's more ( Read more... )

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50 pages tops jonquil October 8 2004, 10:28:54 UTC

Yip. In fact, 90% of the book is either sex scenes or whining about sex scenes. I think the ardeur is going to count as one of the worst plot decisions in an ongoing series.

This is the last Anita book I buy, and this time I really mean it. Back when I looked forward to Anita, I read them for the danger and the tension; both have long since disappeared.

Re: 50 pages tops ex_iocaste2 October 8 2004, 10:32:26 UTC

I dunno if it'll be the last, but I agree with the assessment. The thing is, I find that a lot of artists with a kink start well, when they keep their kinks relatively under wraps, like subtext. Then they get more successful and the kinks sort of take over. Examples: Hitchcock (Marnie), Chris Carter (later seasons of XF and more obsession with reproduction and femme-loathing), Boris Vallejo (early pics beautiful; then slowly became only female asses).

Re: 50 pages tops rivkat October 8 2004, 11:36:35 UTC

Marnie happens to be one of my favorite movies, because it's all so stylized and overt, but I take your point. Another way to read "kinks taking over" is as laziness, or as shifting in the direction of producing only what the audience said it loved about the original -- and maybe therein lies a failure to recognize that at least some of the audience liked that part only as the jewel in the crown, rather than on its own.

I doubt this will be my last Hamilton novel either ... but I think from now on it's used copies months after the release, rather than even Amazon's discounted new price.

Re: 50 pages tops rivkat December 9 2004, 21:28:46 UTC

Don't know if you've seen this, a very interesting theory about writing one's kinks and when it works and when it fails.

I'll be going to NYC after the holiday party to stay there until Saturday -- any chance you want to take the train back together?

Re: 50 pages tops ex_iocaste2 December 10 2004, 03:43:55 UTC

That's fantastic -- though the idea of MASH slash is now freaking me out.

Yes, train ride back sounds very plausible to me. See you next week!

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