tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post6456086453093999668..comments2024-03-01T10:16:11.283-08:00Comments on AmericanStudies: March 8-9, 2014: Crowd-Sourced Non-FavoritesAmericanStudierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-82888638082147594142014-03-16T18:14:11.377-07:002014-03-16T18:14:11.377-07:00Erin Fay follows up on her above thoughts on *Girl...Erin Fay follows up on her above thoughts on *Girls* with a full blog post on the topic: <br /><br />http://erinelizabethfay.com/blog/13997333/girls-overratedAmericanStudierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-65456524132113968142014-03-09T12:54:51.596-07:002014-03-09T12:54:51.596-07:00Charlie Shipway adds, "No more flags, flags a...Charlie Shipway adds, "No more flags, flags and flags. Nothing to die for, nothing to go to war over, and no excuse to do terrible things to your fellow human. Our World without flags would be much less divided, more peaceful and caring. We would be less controllable and less willing to blindly follow because of nationalism. But in this dualistic world, us and them seems normal because it's what we are told over and over again. Flags unite some, to divide the many, for the ugly goals of the few. This is not my idea, it is the belief of a great man who was one of the first people to liberate the concentration camps in WW2, Arthur Roy Railton. He should know better than all of us combined. No Flags!"<br /><br />For more on ARR, my paternal grandfather, see: http://americanstudier.blogspot.com/2011/05/may-19-2011-uber-tribute-post-exemplary.htmlAmericanStudierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-2842908227286843672014-03-08T06:19:26.679-08:002014-03-08T06:19:26.679-08:00Some additional non-favorite suggestions:
Jeff Re...Some additional non-favorite suggestions:<br /><br />Jeff Renye: "Beasts of the Southern Wild--so much hype, so much disappointment. ... Felt little for the story of Beasts for the Southern Wild, overall--though folkloric auracs bit was mishandled, and not much of a performance for that young actress when nearly all of her lines were delivered as voice over. The boys in Tree of Life outdo exponentially any child acting in Beast."<br /><br />Anna Consalvo: "Star Spangled Banner -- it's too hard to sing. How's that for grumpy? If I were Queen of the World, I'd have chosen America, the Beautiful."<br /><br />Jaz Barry: "East of Eden. I'm sorry, but I just can't. I remember attempting to read that novel MULTIPLE times. It's just so damn boring. I get through a couple pages and just go, "Nope, not happening."<br />And I have to take this opportunity to call out John Philip Sousa. That "marchy" sound...ugh! Grates at me like nails on a chalkboard. I hate it!"<br /><br />Marcy Colalillo: "I'd have to go with Thoreau. A man who was actually quite wealthy, yet waxed effusively about living without amenities, all the while buying a shack that belonged to someone else and then paying to have it taken apart and put back together in the place of his choosing. The part that really kills me is going home to dinner at mommy's or the Alcott's. Or ordering take out and having it delivered. I think he embodied the definition of the term "slumming", albeit rural slumming. And then had the gall to tell us we should live in nature among other things."<br /><br />Tim McCaffrey: "Mine is General Douglas MacArthur. Him winning the Medal of Honor over General Wainwright when Wainwright actually stayed in the Phillipines and endured the suffering of captivity is ridiculous. Plus I think he was a pompous blowhard."AmericanStudierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.com