Come on, man.
Bonjour, Tristesse.
Interesting story from the perspective of a teenage girl with a care free womanizing father and how that affects her world view and interpretation of things happening around her. Alot of haters for this book about how it was written by a teenager. How else are you going to get a legit teenage perspective. It’s interesting seeing the world from a vastly different perspective than your own and being able to relate to some of her struggles to define who she is and who she wants to be.
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It’s simplicitus, the guy who thinks a person’s worth is determined by the quality of their school and number of degrees obtained. Any pleb who doesn’t go to an ivy and have at least a couple post grad degrees is worthless.
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Are there film school elitists? I couldn’t tell you where any director I like or dislike went to school
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Hitchcock does have some legit terrible films, but they aren’t much watched these days. He started out as a journeyman and made a lot a random stuff like boxing films before he got started in suspense. The book A Year of Hitchcock is worth checking out if you are interested in learning more about his early stuff.
The description promised an interesting but oddly familiar memoir, and a little research revealed why. The memoir is written by cam-model-turned-writer/producer Isa Mazzei, who used her story as the basis for the very cool horror movie Cam.
The memoir is excellent for fans of stories of family dysfunction and the extreme paths we take to break free. The horror movie version was exceptionally well received by audiences and critics. It isn’t as deep but is just as thought-provoking due to the nature of its horror-driven premise.
I’d be fine if he didn’t make shitty lowbrow movies. Basically violence porn.
I mean, he’s made some original films, but you screw a couple of pigs and pretty soon you’re a pig-screwer.
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I’m not sure about elitists, but I’ve heard that Wesleyan is very desirable simply because Joss Whedon went there and apparently he helps lots of fellow graduates break into the industry with good jobs.
Tried this, but can’t get into it at all. Just not my type of book I guess.
I did just finish: The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?
Thought that was excellent.
I generally don’t like mega post modern style but I found this book to be enjoyable. But I cam see where you’re coming from, I find that it treads the line between clever and too clever, if that makes any sense.
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About 1/3 the way through this book.
Fascinating look at Japanese culture after the end of WW2 during American occupation, and all the ways that time period still affects Japanese culture today.
Wild coincidence, I was just talking about that exact subject with my gf (4th-gen Japanese American) the other night. If you have a chance, after you get done with the book, post back with your thoughts.
Anybody want to read about particle accelerator physics for free?
Yes
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Outsiders got a glimpse of the intensity of the #DisruptTexts campaign recently when self-described “antiracist teacher” Lorena Germán complained that many classics were written more than 70 years ago: “Think of US society before then & the values that shaped this nation afterwards. THAT is what is in those books.”
If there is harm in classic literature, it comes from not teaching it. Students excused from reading foundational texts may imagine themselves lucky to get away with YA novels instead—that’s what the #DisruptTexts people want—but compared with their better-educated peers they will suffer a poverty of language and cultural reference. Worse, they won’t even know it.
Her claims are silly. We have limited time to teach specific books or use them as tools for broader lessons. It’s smart to reconsider whether the texts traditionally taught are not serving the education and development of young people as much as we would like. Yet she is claiming that if we don’t teach the texts she prefers, we may as well not be teaching anything.
Animorphs > The Odyssey
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I wouldn’t ban The Odyssey for woke reasons but it should be saved for college, it’s not exactly easy to read or very relatable. Our Latin teacher tried to get us to read it after we were done with finals, lol that did not happen.
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Probably for the best since it’s in Greek!
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