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In Reply to: There is a big difference between fantasy and myth, at least as I define it. posted by Audiophilander on December 21, 2003 at 23:06:14:
Alex Ross is the music critic of The New Yorker, not the fantasy critic. He writes for a musically-literate audience, presumably one that's familiar with the Ring operas, not an audience who plays video fantasy games or reads low-brow literature. So for him to consider such questions as, "Do cultures and species exist in one author's story that aren't present in the other's?" would be way off the mark.
clark
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If you want to put down folk's tastes in films by quoting a stuffed shirt music critic's opinion, then what value should we attribute to your own? I'm not an especially big fan of the New Yorker's film appraisals anyway, but the fact that this is coming from a music critic provides even less value.> > > "He (Mr. Ross) writes for a musically-literate audience, presumedly one that's familiar with the Ring operas, not an audience who plays video fantasy games or reads low-brow literature." < < <
Allow me this one digression: I would imagine that by your own standards my wife is more musically literate than your critic; perhaps you as well! I say that because she is a classically trained musician and just out of college played clarinet in two regionally renowned symphony orchestras. Her opinion mirrors mine in regard to Peter Jackson's brilliant envisioning of Tolkien's classic Ring trilogy. Additionally, she is an author of mysteries and fantasies, well respected in the writer's community and with growing public prominance, but I'm assuming that you and Mr. Ross would consider her novels low-brow literature so I'll set aside her literary credentials to avoid the condescending remarks.
The bottom line: IMO, for you or your Grey Poupon music critic to make such a sweeping denouncement of this series of films as well as for you to ridicule people's tastes suggests a REAL lack of class rather than demonstration of it. Perhaps the both of you should be strapped into Eame's chairs and forced to watch a pretentious film such as The Royal Tenninbaums on continuous loop for several weeks; if THAT didn't cure the snobbery, at least it would make both his reviews and your posts more amusing to read. ;^)
AuPh
...that remark takes the cake. Next you'll be calling intellectuals "eggheads", if you haven't already."Allow me this one digression:" No. No need.
For some intelligent responses from the *musical* public, go to:
;^)
Besides, I referred them over here -- but you knew that.clark
;^)
nt
Wash your keyboard out with lye soap for posting such evil thoughts! ;^)AuPh
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