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TOoP/Bruce:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on March 06, 2008, 05:27:09 pm ---Paul, I spent the last minutes starring at the bear in your signature (and not for the first time ::)). You should do something about the bear situation ;) :laugh: (Nah, don't; I like him)
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I remember Heath said in an interview that working with a bear in that scene was very difficult.
Now I see why...
mariez:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on March 06, 2008, 05:51:06 pm ---I read one page. It's like a badly written fanfic. A really badly written fanfic. Or I supposed this would be RPS (real people slash). Or RPF (real people fanfic). Whatever, it sucks.
L
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Leslie, that's exactly what I thought of when I read Bruce's post - that it was like some pathetic RP-whatever-the heck-it's-called story. Only it's being published in an actual (I use the term loosely) magazine and will be read by hundreds of thousands of people. I don't know anymore. I really don't. I'm not naive - I see bad things every day and I know the world can be a mean place. But I just don't understand this. What is the point? To make more money?
This actually depresses me.
Louise, I hope you're right and that it does lash back on the magazine.
Marie
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: mariez on March 06, 2008, 07:27:26 pm ---Leslie, that's exactly what I thought of when I read Bruce's post - that it was like some pathetic RP-whatever-the heck-it's-called story. Only it's being published in an actual (I use the term loosely) magazine and will be read by hundreds of thousands of people. I don't know anymore. I really don't. I'm not naive - I see bad things every day and I know the world can be a mean place. But I just don't understand this. What is the point? To make more money?
This actually depresses me.
Louise, I hope you're right and that it does lash back on the magazine.
Marie
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I thought about the one page I read as I was driving home and I realized I was right...it is "real people fanfic" (RPF) and it really is offensive. We had a lively debate on the fanfic board about RPS/RPF featuring Heath in the days/weeks after his death. I suspect the people who thought it was okay read/write RPF/RPS will find this article entertaining--or something--but I thought it was truly tasteless. I can't imagine what people who aren't sensitized to some of the issues around RPF/RPS will think of it. Hopefully they will think it is dreadful and will express their displeasure to Esquire by cancelling their subscriptions. I would.
L
yb:
I haven't read it, so it's like a RPS but in a published magazine! I guess nothing can surprise me any more.
louisev:
Fantauzzo Misses on Archibald Prize:
Heath's portrait did not win the prestigious Australian Archibald Prize.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23334954-5001021,00.html
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