random thoughts
May. 14th, 2006 11:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thehefnerOne thing that really, really gets to me is when someone totally, completely misses the point. Like, I'm reading the amazon.com reviews of Life of Pi, a book with which I'm *almost* finished and absolutely adore. One of the reviews says, "Skip part I and get to the good story. Part I is a long drawn-out comparitive religion study - through the eyes of the author/protagonist. Part II is the story that should be the book. Skip Part I and enjoy the story of Part II."
Or the reviewers of Bill Paxton's excellent thriller, Frailty, who badmouthed the film for "supporting" and "validating" fanatical crazy Christians who do things like blow up abortion clinics and religious fanatics of all stripe who wage "holy war."
Or the one that may really take the cake, there was the British reviewer of the first X-Men movie who said, "The movie's concept that the mutants were created by the Nazis is totally tasteless."
Wow. You idiots completely missed the point.
A teacher I once had for a summer Shakespeare camp back in high school took me aside at the end and told me that I came off as beligerent. Beligerent?! ME?! Seriously, I don't honestly think I'm better than anyone. Just the idiots. Nah, kidding, kidding. Kinda.
It's a daily battle trying to be open-minded and tolerant while slowly turning into the Comic Book Guy.
In total other news, with THE DAVID DANCE opening *this* weekend, I'm seriously thinking of finally buying this shirt.
I can wear it after the show, to dissuade any would-be man-groupies I might attain through the course of the performance.
Or the reviewers of Bill Paxton's excellent thriller, Frailty, who badmouthed the film for "supporting" and "validating" fanatical crazy Christians who do things like blow up abortion clinics and religious fanatics of all stripe who wage "holy war."
Or the one that may really take the cake, there was the British reviewer of the first X-Men movie who said, "The movie's concept that the mutants were created by the Nazis is totally tasteless."
Wow. You idiots completely missed the point.
A teacher I once had for a summer Shakespeare camp back in high school took me aside at the end and told me that I came off as beligerent. Beligerent?! ME?! Seriously, I don't honestly think I'm better than anyone. Just the idiots. Nah, kidding, kidding. Kinda.
It's a daily battle trying to be open-minded and tolerant while slowly turning into the Comic Book Guy.
In total other news, with THE DAVID DANCE opening *this* weekend, I'm seriously thinking of finally buying this shirt.
I can wear it after the show, to dissuade any would-be man-groupies I might attain through the course of the performance.
