Deconstructing Ellis
Tiny Mix Tapes tries to review Lunar Park, and ends up with something else entirelyThe real undiscovered irony in Bret Easton Ellis' work is that we know that he knows that we know. Case closed. And if you don't know, then it's just tough titties, innit. That's my case, and it's the one thing people never say because Ellis is a "brilliant contradiction." And it's not about beautiful, meaningful writing or character development or even a message. It's all about the environment. Like Bob Dylan said, "Things have changed." On the one hand, Ellis is an experimental writer who attacks the very base of the novel by chucking the narrative out the window. And plot- who needs it? He's going for Truth ‘N Beauty, baby!!! He's writing with his heart, but his heart says it's meaningless, or at least very, very empty.
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[1] On Feb-04-2006, meh wrote:people seem to make personal attacks on him in their reviews all the time. seems kind of unprofessional to me.
[2] On Feb-05-2006, wrote:
how to fill in a blank page of paper...
[3] On Feb-05-2006, settemod wrote:
First of all: "and doesn't kill anyone"
that's about Ward: and it's wrong, horribly wrong!
Second: "they don't say anything about themselves, they don't develop"
that's about characters: and in my opinion that's really wrong. What about the perfect, millimetrical crescendo in A.P.? What about the diminuendo in Glamorama? Yeah, they don't go out and say "hi, I'm the serial killer in your neighbourhood, hallo", or "I'm the zombie bomber in London and coolish boy in NY"; but does any character DO IT, in great literature? Does M.me Bovary say something about herself? "hi, I'm a French girl, and I got the ennui". The story talks, and it's not a question of "we know that he knows that we know" at all.
I think that this author wants to get out his "theory about", and it's not talking about mr. Ellis at all.
[4] On Feb-06-2006, Nathan wrote:
He could have at least gotten the Dylan quote right.