tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post4023331515404323304..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: Decline and failTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1085946526239441342011-01-09T01:36:15.060+00:002011-01-09T01:36:15.060+00:00TNMA: Thank you. And yes, he was. A certain breed ...TNMA: Thank you. And yes, he was. A certain breed of un-pretty Brit actors (also Gambon, Spall, Alun Armstrong, Peter Vaughan, Geoffrey Palmer, a few more) can redeem the slightest material.<br /><br />I did my undergraduate dissertation on Waugh, Vicus, and you're quite right, the last 20 years are a let-down. Even the much-lauded Sword of Honour isn't as gloriously cruel as his first half-dozen.<br /><br />Well, Laura, what can you expect from someone who scraped a third at Oxford?<br /><br />Very true, MWB. Although I've seen it argued that Finnegans Wake was meant to be a pretty conventional narrative, but because JJ was practically blind by the time he finished it, it made no sense whatsoever - which the editors mistook for genius. Mind you, I've also read an article arguing that Ayn Rand was a better writer than Joyce, which just proves the internet is mostly wrong.<br /><br />True, Billy. But an amusing one.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-58676041711197500032011-01-08T22:41:15.219+00:002011-01-08T22:41:15.219+00:00Black Mischief is just a Firbank rip off.Black Mischief is just a Firbank rip off.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158459069493765198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-47736593546070895952011-01-08T15:48:18.588+00:002011-01-08T15:48:18.588+00:00Joyce was perfectly sane during his writing career...Joyce was perfectly sane during his writing career. It is his readers who go mad.E. Studnickahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831185856061207596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-52007495425657057112011-01-08T12:23:07.178+00:002011-01-08T12:23:07.178+00:00Miaow! Though almost more insulting to Cambridge g...Miaow! Though almost more insulting to Cambridge graduates.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-63298050642558300852011-01-08T11:52:35.521+00:002011-01-08T11:52:35.521+00:00Quite rich for someone who graduated from humour t...Quite rich for someone who graduated from humour to "Brideshead". I shall stop writing when I am 94 in case I suffer such a decline.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-41821788750723432992011-01-08T10:01:46.847+00:002011-01-08T10:01:46.847+00:00Excellent quote. And (re: your post below), Pete P...Excellent quote. And (re: your post below), Pete Postlethwaite, always worth a look as far as I'm concerned.That's Not My Agehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16052973075052114955noreply@blogger.com