[extropy-chat] FWD [forteana] Re: Quality rant from Kurt Vonnegut

[Terry W. Colvin]

[Who is nuttier?  Bradbury, Moore or Vonnegut? -twc]


> Read the article and enjoyed it. It's strange though how even at the age of
> 81, Kurt Vonnegut sounds like it a very precocious 13 year old.
>
Fun to compare to recent comments from another great writer of the same
generation, from the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter -

< http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1058&a=272062&previousRenderType=2 >

Publicerad 2 juni 2004 08:10
"Moore är en skitstövel"

Ray Bradbury till attack mot Michael Moore. Titeln på Michael Moores nya
film "Fahrenheit 9/11" är hämtad från romantiteln "Fahrenheit 451". DN:s
Mårten Blomkvist ringde upp författaren Ray Bradbury och frågade om han
känner sig hedrad. Det gör han definitivt inte.
...

a translation of key quotes follows, for those whose Swedish is sub-par -

>[introduction about Bradbury]
>
>So what does Bradbury think about it?
>
>- Michael Moore is a stupid jerk, that's what I think about it. He stole my
>title and switched the numbers without ever asking my permission.
>
>Have you spoken to him?
>- He is a terrible person. Terrible person.
>
>[Bradbury explains some more how Moore stole his title]
>
>[The conversation drifts into politics]
>
>Like several American commentators, Bradbury means that Moore's support for
>Clark became a kiss of death when Clark did not distance himself from
>Moore's allegations that president Bush dodged his military duty.
>
>- He slandered the president in front of General Clark, and Clark let him
>do it. Clark should have said: "Don't say that. It's not true." That day
>Clark lost his chance to become president.
>
>I see. And you supported general Clark?
>- No. I support honesty.
>
>[...]
>
>Do you think it's possible [to change the title], I mean because the film
>is so known under that title now?
>- Who cares? No one will see his film, it's as good as stone dead already.
>Lay off it, no one cares.
>
>But it won the Golden Palm in Cannes? - So what? I've won prizes in many
>different places, and mostly they are meaningless. The people there hate
>us, so they gave him the Golden Palm. It's a meaningless prize.
>
>...
>
>- Just write that Michael Moore is dishonest and that I in no way want to
>be connected to him. That's enough.


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