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clarkjohnsen

In Reply to: The three best directors working today are hardly known. posted by tinear on November 24, 2005 at 06:05:50:

And in this case I get two such birds (t. and E.B.) with one stone.
Posted by tinear ( A ) on September 17, 2005
In Reply to: "What is the best/your favorite performance of...?" posted by clarkjohnsen on September 16, 2005:
One understands that there is no "greatest" or "best" when one is rating at a certain level of excellence, or one is not to be trusted.
The Clark of today scoffs at the Clark of yesterday, and certainly will at the Clark of tomorrow. I agree with them all.
No "best", I am scolded, whenever the writer is of that particular turn of mind. Yet now we have his "three best". And best of all (sorry!), *he* gets scolded in turn: "First, it's a ludicrous notion that there's a definitive best, and second, it tells me nothing of substance."
People who genuinely respect the opinions of others don't get into such messes.
clark

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Majestatic impersonals are frequently used by ordinary people to hide a lack of stamina and commitment ...(nt) - orejones 10:44:33 11/26/05 (0)
"Waiter, the smallest fly swatter you have and quickly, please!" - tinear 10:50:46 11/25/05 (2)
My dear Clark, specificity and context are all in these types of discussions.
Your deliciously hysterical post gushed on about how some young unknown lout's Beethoven sonata attempts were the GREATEST EVER RECORDED!
Not among the greatest or best, mind you, but THE BEST.
I would never, for instance, say you're THE thickest and most pompous poster. No. But you are certainly AMONG them.
Shirley, you understand the difference?
- Context?? Context??? - jamesgarvin 15:59:08 11/29/05 (0)
  Naming a best is okay where music is concerned, but where film is concerned? Funny, you did not qualify your response to Clark in another forum to a certain "context". Why do you now feel the need to qualify a comment you previously wrote on another forum, when apparently you did not feel the need to qualify your statement in the first place? Because when someone lifts the rocks, and next thing the little buggies will do is scatter, looking for the next rock to crawl under, afraid to face the light.
- I think Shirley took the day off. But we can find a substitute for you [!] NT - Guy 03:36:47 11/26/05 (0)
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That response is perfect. Would "hyprocrite" be appropriate?nt - jamesgarvin 10:04:51 11/25/05 (1)
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- Yes, and when caught in flagrante delicto, he swings out aimlessly, as above. Richly amusing! nt - clarkjohnsen 08:35:06 11/26/05 (0)
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