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Gatsby without Fitzgerald

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by HC, Jul 6, 2011.

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  1. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    Great rant by Ebert on the dumbing down of a classic work of literature:

    http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2011/07/_did_it_seem_to.html
     
    HC, Jul 6, 2011
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  2. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Hilarious. Even if the "dumbed-down" version was for English as a Second Language folks, maybe they should be reading something else rather than a simplistic version of a classic.
     
    qtlaw, Jul 6, 2011
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  3. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Publisher should be shot.
     
    YankeeFan, Jul 6, 2011
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  4. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    This is terrible and sickening, but if there is a market for taking well-written works, dumbing them down and destroying their beauty and meaning, I've got plenty of experience as an editor.

    Where do I sign up?
     
    Ace, Jul 6, 2011
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  5. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    Wait ... isn't that Hollywood's job?
     
    HC, Jul 6, 2011
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  6. Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously Well-Known Member

    "The Not-Too-Shabby Gatsby."
     
    Johnny Dangerously, Jul 6, 2011
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  7. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    Classic comics?
     
    Buck, Jul 6, 2011
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  8. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    The Grape Gatsby?

    [​IMG]
     
    Ace, Jul 6, 2011
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  9. waterytart

    waterytart Active Member

    Moby Dick-->Moby Grape-->The Grape Gatsby-->The Great Gatsby
     
    waterytart, Jul 6, 2011
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  10. Mark McGwire

    Mark McGwire Member

    It don't matter that some fool say he different.
     
    Mark McGwire, Jul 6, 2011
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  11. DisembodiedOwlHead

    DisembodiedOwlHead Active Member

    His evisceration of that author was so thorough you would have thought Ryan Dunn wrote it.
     
    DisembodiedOwlHead, Jul 6, 2011
    #11
  12. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I volunteer to do the version that takes The Great Gatsby from 180 pages to 540 pages.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jul 6, 2011
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