[lbo-talk] "Ambiguities"

[Doug Henwood]

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:

>Justin wrote:
>
>>Doug distinguishes between "commercial" and serious" ambiguity.
>
>
>I don't think that commercial or uncommercial is the relevant 
>distinction here.  The question is whether the text includes cues 
>(or even just clues) that lead the audience to think one way or 
>another.

My point is that in Jaws-style ambiguity you don't see those kinds of 
cues because they want the Symbol to be as blank a screen as 
possible, for fear of offending potential customers. That's a long 
way from Wordsworth asking "what if Lucy be dead?" or even The Kinks 
singing "I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola."

Doug