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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Follow Ups
- "As for Mr. Ross's opinion..." - clarkjohnsen 09:27:52 12/22/03 (7)
- Excuse me, but I thought that this was the Video Asylum Film Forum. - Audiophilander 10:32:54 12/22/03 (6)
- "...a stuffed shirt music critic's opinion." LOL! As low-brow as you've become... - clarkjohnsen 09:47:51 12/23/03 (5)
- Three responses to date? Indeed, I'm impressed; your audience is growing! - Audiophilander 10:39:52 12/23/03 (4)
- Three *intelligent* responses. Makes all the difference. - clarkjohnsen 14:53:41 12/23/03 (3)
- The difference is that you've succeeded in making asterisks out of your three supporters. (nt) - Audiophilander 22:29:05 12/24/03 (0)
- Oh giggle! Severius. You two deserve each other's admiration. (nt - dennzio 05:03:21 12/24/03 (1)
- Bad dennzio, ...bad, bad! - Audiophilander 22:45:28 12/24/03 (0)