tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post379539832193965141..comments2023-11-12T13:22:30.358+01:00Comments on andrewjshields: HardscrabbleAndrew Shieldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-8083427004706485832009-02-04T03:30:00.000+01:002009-02-04T03:30:00.000+01:00Will do :-)Will do :-)JeFF Stumpohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00199153821723489665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-65324081485473310262009-02-03T22:47:00.000+01:002009-02-03T22:47:00.000+01:00If/when you watch "Smoke," be sure to check out "B...If/when you watch "Smoke," be sure to check out "Blue in the Face," too, which the same people improvised with the money and time left over when "Smoke" was finished early, and under budget!<BR/><BR/>For some reason, I had long forgotten that Forest Whitaker has a small, brilliant role in "Smoke" that almost steals the film. What a great actor! His performance in "Ghost Dog" is one of my all-time favorites.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-77086199912570028562009-02-03T22:42:00.000+01:002009-02-03T22:42:00.000+01:00Oh no, I haven't seen Smoke yet. Well, at least I'...Oh no, I haven't seen Smoke yet. Well, at least I'll be watching for that part...JeFF Stumpohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00199153821723489665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-34396178874282639922009-02-03T22:19:00.000+01:002009-02-03T22:19:00.000+01:00I certainly don't know why anyone could hate puns ...I certainly don't know why anyone could hate puns and anagrams! But McFadden does thematize the idea that his punning and anagramming may seem silly to some.<BR/><BR/>Yes, KM is definitely having a huge amount of fun, with a genuine, non-ironic grin.<BR/><BR/>And I agree about that third poem: how wonderful when Oulipian games suddenly produce so much feeling.<BR/><BR/>Like my emblem of such moments, from the movie "Smoke," when William Hurt looks at Harvey Keitel's photos of Keitel's shop and thinks they are all the same, then suddenly sees his dead wife in two of them.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-60176370751547906042009-02-03T20:56:00.000+01:002009-02-03T20:56:00.000+01:00Who could hate puns and anagrams? My favorite part...Who could hate puns and anagrams? My favorite parts of Terrance Hayes's Hip Logic were the "a gram of &s" sections!<BR/><BR/>One of the things I particularly like about both that volume and the selections you're highlighting from Hardscrabble (which I now need to check out) is how much fun they're having with the language. They're making it do work, but the grin that shows through is genuine, pleased to be showing you language being language. As opposed to the ironic, Penn and Teller grin, laughing at the word.<BR/><BR/>That third McFadden poem in particular skips along and then, wham, you suddenly realize you jumped over a crack in the sidewalk that's far deeper than it ought to be.<BR/><BR/>Mixing my metaphors and not caring,<BR/>JeFFJeFF Stumpohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00199153821723489665noreply@blogger.com