--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > That makes what we say a *valid* matter of opinion, > > > one based on our own personal experience. Compare > > > and contrast to someone who chooses to actively > > > trash a film they've never seen, just because some- > > > one *told* them it was bad. And who will almost > > > certainly never see the film in question out of > > > fear of finding out differently. > > > > Again, Barry is afraid to use my name. > > This is going to be fun. I just love it when > what's-her-name gets so angry at me that she > has to resort to lying or making things up. > > > I never said, of course, that "Apocalypto" was > > "bad." > > You'll notice what's-her-name's use of quotes > above. She places them around the word "bad" > as if I had attributed that word to her as a > direct quote. I did not. I said that she had > "trashed" the film because someone *else* told > her it was bad. I stand by the word "trashed" > (even though she never said it) because when > the person told her what to believe, she did > so unquestioningly, and immediately started a > thread here on Fairfield Life entitled, "Mel > Gibson, Christian bigot." That choice of title > was her own; it was not mentioned in the article > she quoted from, if I am not mistaken. > > In that same post (that *she* started), in addition > to quoting from the article, she added the final > piece of her *own* commentary at the end: > > * To highlight what the writer tactfully leaves > * implicit, Gibson has slandered the Maya and > * mangled history for the purpose of exalting the > * purported superiority of Christianity. > > All of this without ever having seen the film. > > I think I can safely stand by my choice of the > word "trashed" to describe what she did, although > I should point out again that me putting it in quotes > does NOT imply that she ever used the word "trashed." > > > Unlike Barry, who pronounced judgment on > > Lynch's film, calling it "stupid," without having > > seen it, I don't critique the quality of films I > > haven't seen. > > Now we get to the FUN part. I challenge what's- > her-name to come up with a quote here on Fairfield > Life in which I referred to David Lynch's "Inland > Empire" as "stupid." I just looked, and as far as > I can tell, I never commented on the film itself > at all. What I did was comment on a supposed excerpt > from the film that was placed on the Net and suggest > that if it was representative of the final film > itself, I was underwhelmed and wasn't going to > bother with it. I said many other even stronger > things about the clip, but I don't think the word > "stupid" was in them. That would have been an > unnecessary slur on the concept of stupidity. > > What's-her-name is probably confused as to what I > said and what I said it about because she never > bothered to look at that film clip EITHER before > commenting on it. :-) > > So as far as I can tell I did NOT refer to a film > I'd never seen of David Lynch's as "stupid." Unless > what's-her-name can prove that I did, using that very > word that *she* chose to put in quotes, I think an > apology is in order. > > :-) :-) :-)
Just in case no one gets it, the entire post above is a parody of what's-her-name's style of pompous posting. It's all factual, with accurate quotes, but the nitpicking on words and claiming that putting them in quotes is meaningful is an original What's-Her-Name concept. I'm not waiting with 'bated breath for that apology. I think we all know that what's-her- name would go to see a triple feature of the famous "Bloodbath in Laredo" trilogy before she'd be caught dead apologizing to me, even when it's warranted. *Especially* when it's warranted... :-)
