At 21:25 7-2-01 +0000, Neil Faulkner wrote:
And that devotion to 'playing the game' - discounting the external contribution of the process of production (writers, directors, actors, budget etc).
Which is fine for threads that confine themselves within those limits, but not so fine when it gets dumped on threads that try to step out of those narrow parameters.
Whoa, IIRC, the first protests appeared after it was stated that it was weird how "intelligent women" could possibly like Deliverance because it's so sexist. That's pretty much a direct challenge on this list. I don't see how you can call that "dumping our limits on threads." What I was saying pretty much amounted to: I don't see what you're seeing and I don't see how my pov is any less valid than your pov.
It comes across as deliberate sabotage sometimes.
Nah, we just like to piss you off.
BTW, I have not yet answered your last question, but several others have stated the way I feel pretty well. I don't really hold with ideologies, other than "as long as you don't hurt anyone, do as you bloody well please." I tend to look at people's actions and how they work out, rather than at their reasons. Which is another, and not all that shallow, reason for focusing on characters. When I see Deliverance, I see Avon being on his best behavior when he's with Meegat. As a matter of fact, he's behaving far better than I would have. Which teaches me just a little more about how to be diplomatic. You may have noticed that I'm not very good at that particular skill.
Jacqueline