tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post2261197829939503240..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 232: The Bitter Passion / John W. Wadleigh (Hillman Books 153)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-65366136420760619452009-05-29T03:08:37.251-07:002009-05-29T03:08:37.251-07:00~ "There had been several men" - nice euphemism! W...<I>~ "There had been several men" - nice euphemism! Way to use the passive voice to skirt the issue of your promiscuity, honey.</I>Rex, Rex, Rex... that's not the passive voice. Thought that as a crosswordy person you might be somewhat aware of language an' stuff. 'She had been screwed by every man within a 40-mile radius' uses the passive voice. 'There had been several men' doesn't. It's as much a passive as 'There's a fly in my soup.' Go and read <A>Language Log</A> or something. <br /><br />Love the blog, however. Keep it up.pjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-43464702158643819842009-05-28T14:07:11.429-07:002009-05-28T14:07:11.429-07:00Dirt:
I don't think native would connotate Americ...Dirt:<br /><br />I don't think native would connotate American Indian in 1960. I think native is intended to invoke the more titillating aspects of miscegenation.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237769422347289261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-56572667235859976272009-05-27T20:11:01.392-07:002009-05-27T20:11:01.392-07:00* 'Hard to believe she'd be dressed like that lou...* 'Hard to believe she'd be dressed like that lounging on what looks like a broken down boardwalk off the main thoroughfare. -- She looks ill at ease while rubbing her left foot ... maybe she took a splinter to her heel?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />*This book can't decide what it's actually about .... <br /><br />First, there's a question of character number. The protagonist(s?) and the antagonist(s?) go(es) from singular to plural. It's,<br /><br />"The taboo affair of AN American girl and A native man", then it's,<br /><br />"A novel of TWO lonely women -- and the strange MEN who came into THEIR lives." <br /><br /><br />Secondly, there's a question of identity of race and setting. When I first read, " native man" I assumed: American Indian? Then upon reading, "One evening in the cantina ..." and looking at her bodice, I assumed: Mexican man in the Arizona Territory? ... Then there's the LA Mirror's " ... remote village" blurb and I'm back to: Navajo village?<br /><br />'Hopefully, the copy editor won't ever be a witness for the defense.Dirt Digglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388327861018868413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-22550974645161732702009-05-27T15:46:57.147-07:002009-05-27T15:46:57.147-07:00"Why couldn't there be something for us?" Slammin'..."Why couldn't there be something for us?" Slammin' it right down on the table, that hussy. Brazen!<br /><br />Now THIS is the kind of publication schedule I like to see, Rex!Alixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-79681832067048711812009-05-27T15:46:27.780-07:002009-05-27T15:46:27.780-07:00If the best quote they can get from the Los Angele...If the best quote they can get from the Los Angeles Mirror-News review is a cursory description, I have a sneaking suspicion it wasn't the most favorable of reviews.PBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873249287037659272noreply@blogger.com