File this foolishness under "What was the New York Times thinking when they published this?" category. May Julian Gough should stick to satirical novels. Just saying.
I didn't think it was that bad. A pretty thin joke that gets stretched too far, but that's pretty common with satire. Just look at the sketches on Saturday Night Live.
Foolishness?????? I think this is very good satire, because at heart it's dead serious and makes a point. Which is: there's something wrong in today's publishing world and something should be done about it. Read this, folks. It's short.
Good idea, but I got it in about three lines, and then there wasn't much else. Now if only George Saunders had written something like this, then it would actually be funny . . .
Gough: ...That collapse in confidence is choking the flow of ideas that is so vitally important to our literature....
Me: zzzzzz
Hello, flow check anyone?
I've tutored ten year olds who write with better flow than that piece has. I know it's supposed t be a spoof of legislation, but legislation is boring. zzzzzzzz
I didn't think it was that bad. A pretty thin joke that gets stretched too far, but that's pretty common with satire. Just look at the sketches on Saturday Night Live.
ReplyDeleteSo if I just start using the "find/replace" feature on my word processor, can I become a satirist, too?
ReplyDeleteFoolishness??????
ReplyDeleteI think this is very good satire, because at heart it's dead serious and makes a point.
Which is: there's something wrong in today's publishing world and something should be done about it.
Read this, folks. It's short.
It's not the message, it's the execution. Terrible.
ReplyDeleteGood idea, but I got it in about three lines, and then there wasn't much else. Now if only George Saunders had written something like this, then it would actually be funny . . .
ReplyDeleteGough: ...That collapse in confidence is choking the flow of ideas that is so vitally important to our literature....
ReplyDeleteMe: zzzzzz
Hello, flow check anyone?
I've tutored ten year olds who write with better flow than that piece has. I know it's supposed t be a spoof of legislation, but legislation is boring. zzzzzzzz