tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30833711.post7191227537161176429..comments2024-01-28T03:28:10.805-05:00Comments on The Determined Dilettante: SedaritudeElisabeth Vincentellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327631509314540602noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30833711.post-30720356990137898812007-09-12T11:40:00.000-04:002007-09-12T11:40:00.000-04:00OH. Ha... ha... (no, it really is funny now that I...OH. Ha... ha... (no, it really is funny now that I think about it. No, seriously...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30833711.post-36895901860190019902007-09-12T10:39:00.000-04:002007-09-12T10:39:00.000-04:00"Opaque" was meant as a joke—obviously not a good ..."Opaque" was meant as a joke—obviously not a good one since it didn't come across as such (and that's why I'm not a professional humorist!). The word refers to Sedaris' prose actually being revealing, in ways both intended and not (sometimes it's obviously calculated to obfuscate the author's agenda but actually revels it).Elisabeth Vincentellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15327631509314540602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30833711.post-68097288456264529342007-09-12T02:03:00.000-04:002007-09-12T02:03:00.000-04:00that really was a weird sniping, anonymous. i didn...that really was a weird sniping, anonymous. i didn't know you had to be funny in order to write critically about a humorist? and relax. many people can't stand tolstoy or kafka. i'm sure there's no need to cry bloody murder b/c someone doesn't like sedaris or kopelson; the world will go on.<BR/><BR/>on a completely different note, though, is "opaque" really the correct word in the first sentence?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30833711.post-74686647408316040292007-09-11T23:59:00.000-04:002007-09-11T23:59:00.000-04:00Dear anonymous,Unlike David Sedaris I'm not a prof...Dear anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Unlike David Sedaris I'm not a professional humorist (thank god!) and am not even trying to pass my writing as funny. I do think he is wildly overrated, but I'm not sure why you cannot seem to accept a diverging opinion, especially since he's very popular and I'm obviously in the minority. We'll have to disagree on Kopelson's book about him as well. (Incidentally, I'm not sure why enjoying Terry Castle's writing also means I have to enjoy her colleagues' as some kind of package deal.)<BR/><BR/>Finally, it's fine if you don't appreciate my take on both Sedaris and <I>Sedaris</I>, but it's also easy to fire out attacks while hiding behind anonymity.Elisabeth Vincentellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15327631509314540602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30833711.post-83313033576991967012007-09-11T21:41:00.000-04:002007-09-11T21:41:00.000-04:00My Dear Elisabeth,Kevin Kopelson is a well-respect...My Dear Elisabeth,<BR/><BR/>Kevin Kopelson is a well-respected colleague of your beloved Terry Castle (who happens to love Dr. Kopelson's writing), who also on occasion writes for The London Review of Books. He happens to have written an extremely insightful book about David Sedaris' work, a book that brilliantly cuts away the various layers of Sedaris and really gets to the core of his work and what he is doing. I'm afraid that it is you, not Kopelson, who has completely missed the point and mis-read what Sedaris is doing, a fact that seems readily apparent by your unnecessarily abusive comments about Sedaris in your other blogs. Your blog about Kopelson's book is uninformed at best (perhaps you should actually read it before writing about it)and arrogant vitriol at worst. And you're not even slightly funny. Next time, think about what you are saying. What goes around comes around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30833711.post-7214868196109686822007-09-10T11:41:00.000-04:002007-09-10T11:41:00.000-04:00Ben oui--comme tout le monde, quoi. Mais alors là ...Ben oui--comme tout le monde, quoi. Mais alors là c'est le passé qui se manifeste!Elisabeth Vincentellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15327631509314540602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30833711.post-91296491314377888132007-09-09T18:58:00.000-04:002007-09-09T18:58:00.000-04:00Voi voi voi, Djudju. !!Alors toi aussi tu blogues ...Voi voi voi, Djudju. !!<BR/><BR/>Alors toi aussi tu blogues ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com