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Adam Hyman <[email protected]> wrote: >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 > > >_______________________________________________ >FrameWorks mailing list >[email protected] >https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
