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Who is a fan of Annie Proulx?
ifyoucantfixit:
I admire her masterpiece, Brokeback Mountain. The rest of her stuff is too depressing for me, and I dont think
it had the same kind of impact, or relativity of BBM.
As a person, I fine her highly egotistical and very self obsorbed. She has too little common feeling. I feel that a
great deal of her stuff is written for shock value, and to give the ability for her to look down her nose at others. If
they say anything that she disagrees with, she has a hissy fit.
I particularly felt ill at her for her statement that she would like for that plane to crash, and then the final straw....
"I wish I had never written Brokeback Mountain."
Front-Ranger:
I can understand your point of view, particularly if you are reading these small "soundbites" and making a judgment of Annie Proulx by them. But, how would you feel if a pilot who is probably a right wing extremist radical was constantly flying round and round your house at a low altitude, snooping and perhaps taking pictures? This was what was happening to AP. (She was eventually forced to give up living in Wyoming and is currently living near Albuquerque.) And it's clear from her in-person statements that AP was proud of the story and its message, and only became disenchanted after the story was twisted by extremist groups and made into a political argument. As well, she was forced to hire legal help to go after those who cavalierly stole her intellectual property, exploiting all her work and research merely to portray Ennis and Jack as something silly like astronauts or prison inmates. Or even to slander the character of Ennis by portraying him as a sadistic drunk! Yes, like her characters, AP is sometimes rash and emotional in her outbursts. But she is an artist. She is not concerned with keeping her fan base (the very term is anathema to her) happy.
Monika:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 17, 2009, 07:53:11 pm ---I can understand your point of view, particularly if you are reading these small "soundbites" and making a judgment of Annie Proulx by them. But, how would you feel if a pilot who is probably a right wing extremist radical was constantly flying round and round your house at a low altitude, snooping and perhaps taking pictures? This was what was happening to AP. (She was eventually forced to give up living in Wyoming and is currently living near Albuquerque.) And it's clear from her in-person statements that AP was proud of the story and its message, and only became disenchanted after the story was twisted by extremist groups and made into a political argument. As well, she was forced to hire legal help to go after those who cavalierly stole her intellectual property, exploiting all her work and research merely to portray Ennis and Jack as something silly like astronauts or prison inmates. Or even to slander the character of Ennis by portraying him as a sadistic drunk! Yes, like her characters, AP is sometimes rash and emotional in her outbursts. But she is an artist. She is not concerned with keeping her fan base (the very term is anathema to her) happy.
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I´m not gonna get into the whole fan fic discussion again, but as soon as a story finds its way to readers, they will interpret the story in their own way. A writer has no power over that.
If people then chose to put those interpretations into words on paper, I don´t think it´s anything silly or wrong about it. It´s people trying to express themselves. I doubt that their intent is to "slander" anyone, but rather to share their feelings with others. On the contrary, I find it quite admirable.
But let be...let be.
Regarding Annie Proulx, I admire her for her writing, and also that she doesn´t seem too concerned about pleasing her readers. I think that´s part of what makes her such an original writer.
I prefer her short stories to her novels. I think her very economical style fits that format better. I´m reading "Heart songs" at the moment and am enjoying it very much.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 17, 2009, 07:53:11 pm ---But, how would you feel if a pilot who is probably a right wing extremist radical was constantly flying round and round your house at a low altitude, snooping and perhaps taking pictures? This was what was happening to AP.
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:o I'd never heard about that. That must have been awful. I wouldn't have blamed her if she'd taken a shot at him. ;)
Front-Ranger:
If you listen to the BBC radio interview with AP, the airplane appears about one-third of the way through it.
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