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TheSarcastinator

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5. the author deserves scorn

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Thu Oct 13, 2016, 09:33 AM

Oct 2016

Not just for his dismissal of Dylan but his off-hand smugness and condescension in general. Calling Thomas Pynchon a "weirdo" is childish and stupid, and ignores the man's body of intensely challenging, highly complex and deeply structured literary creations. The author repeats this error throughout the article and reveals much more of his own ignorance than any facts of interest about the authors he attempts to satirize.

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New Republic: "Bob Dylan 100 percent is not going to win. [View all] pnwmom Oct 2016 OP

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Oct 2016 #1

The guy who wrote that looks young BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #2

Hah! I bet everyone he knows will enjoy giving him a hard time. pnwmom Oct 2016 #3

Ah, but he was so much older then; he's younger than that now pinboy3niner Oct 2016 #4

the author deserves scorn TheSarcastinator Oct 2016 #5

+1 pnwmom Oct 2016 #7

what a dumbass... spanone Oct 2016 #6

ok i'll stop saying he should win Enrique Oct 2016 #8