But more seriouslyalifelongsongApril 29 2005, 08:18:23 UTC
Fear and Loathing is a great book. It is also a great movie. I think the movie misses very little of the social context / commentary; unless one can watch that movie without feeling like the actions of its characters are somehow out of the norm, and wondering why, it's not easy to watch it without looking for some sort of logic. The post-Nixon depression is mildly less literal, but it's still figuratively there; the '60s commentary is basically intact (the most important line about it survives verbatim). I made several references to the book in the column I wrote after HST's passing; due to unfortunate editing, the end of the column is borked, but I like the rest pretty well.
I return often to the phrase "a generation of permanent cripples." It carries a lot of potence for me. You probably wouldn't want to hear the reasons why, though. But, if I were a third-person observer of myself, I wouldn't be surprised to find the theme recur somewhere later in my life.
Glad you're down. If there were tickets left for Iron & Wine tonight, I'd say you should go. Being done with my exams (as I will be later today), I say we should do something sometime.
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I return often to the phrase "a generation of permanent cripples." It carries a lot of potence for me. You probably wouldn't want to hear the reasons why, though. But, if I were a third-person observer of myself, I wouldn't be surprised to find the theme recur somewhere later in my life.
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