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How Many Times Must a Man Fly to Stockholm?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Michael_ Gee, Oct 13, 2016.

  1. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

  2. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

  3. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    As a matter of fact, Dylan and George Bernard Shaw are now the only two men to win both the literature Nobel and an Oscar.
     
  4. Jake_Taylor

    Jake_Taylor Well-Known Member

    He should go for the NEGOT.
     
  5. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    He's got the N, O. and G. All he needs is to write a musical and do a TV special and bingo!
     
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  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Reading books is difficult for most people. So it makes perfect sense.

    Seriously. ... who or what they will choose in any given year is not predictable. But the thinking behind how they make their ham-handed statements, is as predictable as a circle jerk in the European Parliament. There are some very good American authors (and many of them are actually commercially successful *gasp*), who will never get a sniff of that award. I have little doubt that the impetus for Bob Dylan taking it was to hammer home the point that America is populated by golems who stuff their faces with cheeseburgers all day long and lack the enlightenment of Scandinavian men who wear scarves and understand refined things.

    I quote the permanent secretary, Horace Engdahl, in all of his foof glory 8 ot 9 years ago: "Of course there is powerful literature in all big cultures, but you can't get away from the fact that Europe still is the centre of the literary world, not the United States. ... The US is too isolated, too insular. They don't translate enough and don't really participate in the big dialogue of literature. That ignorance is restraining."

    What better way to make that point than ignoring the actual, deserving American authors (going on several decades). ... and picking a singer. Bonus points, because Dylan's lyrics were very often protests against American things he didn't like.
     
  7. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Did your record store only sell albums made before 1965?
     
  8. Jake_Taylor

    Jake_Taylor Well-Known Member

    Or a guest spot on Fargo for the Emmy.
     
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  9. MrBSquared

    MrBSquared Member

    What are the odds that some reporter will ask him "How does it feel?" What are the odds that reporter won't understand why that is absolutely hilarious?
     
  10. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    I'm hoping the next winner is selected for her creative and insightful use of emojis in text dialogue.
     
  11. Jake_Taylor

    Jake_Taylor Well-Known Member

    I started out joking, but have become a bit obsessed with the idea of a NEGOT. I know his songs aren't narrative in the same way as Billy Joel, but could he do a Movin' Out-style show?
     
  12. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    There isn't a musician in the world who wouldn't appear with Dylan for a special. Said special would kill in the ratings and be pure Emmy bait as the musical/variety category is kind of barren.
     
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