Anyway that's my three posts. Hi everyone, nice to be back.
Catherine
On Feb 6, 2008 7:41 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Feb 5, 2008, at 3:24 PM, John Thornton wrote:
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> > Maybe people mesmerized into euphoria over a completely vacuous speech
> > isn't creepy but if felt that way to me.
>
> I suppose it has to be vacuous or they wouldn't be so moved. As Zizek
> wrote in his analysis of Jaws, people have a million interpretations
> of the symbolism of the shark. All of them are right, and all of them
> are wrong, because the shark is what you wanted it to be. If it were
> named, then it would drive people away. It's a lot like what J.D.
> Lorenz said of Jerry Brown's rhetorical strategy: the point was to
> create "an ambiance of possibility that gave the viewer space: space
> to project his fondest wishes onto Jerry, space to identify with
> Jerry...."
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