Comments on: Quirk & Kitsch: Quiescently Escapist http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/quirk_kitsch_qu.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: M. Simon http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/quirk_kitsch_qu.html/comment-page-1#comment-52316 M. Simon Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:53:26 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/09/quirk-kitsch-quiescently-escapist.html#comment-52316 <i>When the mainstream embraces collectible teddy bears to support the troops, it's easy to defect to the culture of quirk.</i> The answer is pillows. When the mainstream embraces collectible teddy bears to support the troops, it’s easy to defect to the culture of quirk.

The answer is pillows.

]]> By: Frank http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/quirk_kitsch_qu.html/comment-page-1#comment-52315 Frank Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:02:03 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/09/quirk-kitsch-quiescently-escapist.html#comment-52315 Thanks, Laura. Your Wilde quote reminded me of this Junot Diaz novel, about a character mistaken for Wilde: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/04/books/04diaz.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin I heard the novelist on a podcast and he sounded absolutely brilliant--I can't wait to read the book. Here's the podcast: http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2007/09/20070912_b_main.asp Thanks, Laura. Your Wilde quote reminded me of this Junot Diaz novel, about a character mistaken for Wilde:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/04/books/04diaz.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin

I heard the novelist on a podcast and he sounded absolutely brilliant–I can’t wait to read the book. Here’s the podcast:

http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2007/09/20070912_b_main.asp

]]> By: Laura http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/09/quirk_kitsch_qu.html/comment-page-1#comment-52314 Laura Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:55:51 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/09/quirk-kitsch-quiescently-escapist.html#comment-52314 Frank, I would defend quirk on the grounds that it is a anodyne against the bland, which infects so much of American popular culture. After endless episodes of "King of Queens," who doesn't long for the sharpness of "The Office"? Or, as Wilde said, "To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity." Great post! Laura Frank,

I would defend quirk on the grounds that it is a anodyne against the bland, which infects so much of American popular culture. After endless episodes of “King of Queens,” who doesn’t long for the sharpness of “The Office”?

Or, as Wilde said, “To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity.”

Great post!

Laura

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