What? A community includes humor; that is one of the things that makes it a community. True, irony & sarcasm are often lost in email & on websites, and maybe you are being ironic or sarcastic in your reply (and the previous person with a similar note), but I strongly feel that it is OK to have one thread with some humor that goes on for a couple of days! So, Elizabeth, Simonetta, and Fred, I personally disagree with you on this one.
And I think that this is in no way a hoax, since the original post wasn¹t trying to ³pull over² anything on anyone. It was obviously a joke. In a day or two this thread too will pass, and we can return to an email group consisting of nothing but deathly earnestness and seriousness. (And for a bit of insight as to why the original wasn¹t a hoax Kenneth Anger is still alive in corporeal form in Los Angeles. And of course, the signature at the end for money was to David. A parody of notes that all of you have seen.) My two cents and best regards to all, Adam On 7/25/12 1:53 PM, "elizabeth mcmahon" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm with Fred. Please cease and desist on Frameworks and if you must, set up > your own experimental hoax humor listserv. > > Thanks, > Elizabeth >> >> From: Tim Halloran <[email protected]> >> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> >> Cc: Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 2:50 PM >> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Please help >> >> >> Yawn. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jul 25, 2012, at 10:56 AM, "Alex" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> > Fred, thank you for pointing out that this is a hoax. I have a rare >>> vitamin deficiency that affects some of my cognitive functions and my >>> ability to process visual information called Iron-y Blindness and you can >>> only imagine how difficult it is to be a fan of experimental films and >>> indeed engage in intellectual conversation in general without being able to >>> get jokes. >>> > >>> > So rare and made up is my illness that there are no foundations currently >>> funding research for a cure and I've had to start my own. So far no one has >>> been taking me seriously (which I find offensive because I am forced by >>> nature to always be serious) and I am left alone in this world constantly >>> writing out checks to bring Ken Anger back to corporeality. >>> > >>> > I'm glad to find someone willing to stand up for people like me and I was >>> wondering if you would interested in sending me a large sum of money so that >>> I may develop a sense of humor and stop falling victim to these schoolyard >>> bullies on the internet. >>> > >>> > Always, >>> > Alexander >>> > >>> > On Jul 25, 2012, at 1:15 PM, "Fred Camper" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>>> >> David, >>>> >> >>>> >> Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but I really dislike hoaxes that >>>> attempt >>>> >> humor on lists such as FrameWorks. First of all, some almost always take >>>> >> them seriously, as has apparently already happened at least once. >>>> Second, >>>> >> life is too short for such "creativity." I trust I'm not the only one >>>> >> among the many hundreds on this list who do not appreciate seeing all >>>> >> these meaningless emails. Finally, this particular hoax seems to me to be >>>> >> insulting to the work of a genuinely great filmmaker. Hell, you even >>>> >> misspelled Crowley's first name. >>>> >> >>>> >> Fred Camper >>>> >> Chicago
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