Subject: Re: Moviegoer and despair
From: Bradley A. Scott (bradley.a.scott@JUNO.COM)
Date: Tue Nov 16 1999 - 16:27:54 EST
(Ted Atkinson wrote:)
> The distinction can be illustrated effecitvely, I think, by considering
the difference between the person in the audience of the _The Leeza
Gibbons Show_, for instance, who takes it seriously and the person
watching at home who wonders in awe at the magnitude of despair clearly
evident but not acknowledged by Leeza, her guests, or members of the
audience. The former is left to wallow in unnamed despair, while the
latter is compelled to ponder its nature and origin thus gaining at least
a greater degree of authenticity.
>
>Regards,
>Ted Atkinson
Or, as Kate puts it, "Losing hope is not so bad. There's something worse
: losing hope and hiding from yourself." (p. 193 in my copy of "The
Moviegoer")
Bradley A. Scott
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