Charlotte Foust
charlotte.foust at gmail.com
Tue Aug 23 19:57:02 CDT 2011
It's been done, Arthur. In the 40's and 50's a writing team fo Richard and Frances Lockridge wrote the "Mr and Mrs North" mystery novels about a couple. Each wrote the dialogue, etc. for the opposite sex in the books. Worked out nicely. Charlotte Foust On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>wrote: > I don't know which is the cause and which the effect, but I notice a > parallel phenomenon in TV. This is most especially true in news commentary > shows: rather than politely wait for the other side to present his/her > view, > and then respond with an intelligent rebuttal, the point seems to be that > interruptions are good and the more volume and vehemence, the better. One > is > hard-pressed to find a show (save and except on NPR) where a person is > permitted to present her position without interruption. > > Some executives somewhere must have decided that this makes good TV. Well, > perhaps for some percentile it does. Call me old-school: I prefer the rules > of debating: cogency++, drama--, I'm almost prepared to grant, but then > that > illuminates the great divide: some of us think that the media are here to > distribute information; others think that the "information" is just a hook > to grab eyeballs to sell to the advertisers. It all reminds me of the old > joke about an AI generating the perfect book title: after extensive keyword > research, the AI came up with "Famous Dogs of the Civil War". > > Each further step into this nonsense reinforces the accuracy of Noam > Chomsky's take on the mass media, or for that matter, Goering's: tell a big > lie often often enough, sprinkled with a tad of truth here and there, and > they will gobble it up. > > Let us please return to common courtesy and manners, and forego the use of > such strategies as "argument ad hominem" (argument against the man, or in > modern parlance, argument against its propounder -- a sex-free description > of what should be obvious). Cases in point: > > The attempts by the Nazi regime to discredit Einstein because to accept his > "Jewish physics" arguments would be tantamount to objecting to the > extermination of these vile people. > > Because you are not First-Nations DNA you could not possibly understand > what > it was like for us. > > Because you are not female, you could not possibly write about women, and > the converse. (Actually, having written fiction and even sold two > screenplays, this notion is interesting; it suggests that any script > involving both females and males ought to be co-authored by one of each > sex. > But to make it more interesting and challenging, the male half of the team > ought to write the female parts and vice-versa. > > This could be an interesting experiment -- not scientific, obviously, but I > can envision a script. Let's invent a new genre called TransLitDev. The > nomination awards would go to the most convincing impersonations of the > opposite sex. We could even introduce the concept of the Doubling Cube (nee > backgammon), which might go like this: original sex = female; she doubles > and pretends to be a male; her opponent, seeing the subterfuge, redoubles > and claims the Female high ground... what is she to do? Meet the challenge > and turn lesbian, or refuse the challenge and turn into a one-eyed monk? > What is one to do? > > Just trying to work on a game-scenario here LOL. > A > > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:17 PM, John Bartow <john at winhaven.net> wrote: > > > That's sad. I saw nothing in there that should elicit hate. Our society > > seems to be devolving into a group of people who have nasty, ignorant, > > arrogant arguments rather than open minded, well-informed, conversational > > debates. I think electronic media and the anonymity it provides gives a > lot > > of people the idea that they can forget about common courtesy and manners > > :o( > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins > > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 11:27 AM > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] freelancing job sites > > > > I've never had an article illicit such hateful feedback before. Mostly, > > people are generous when they disagree, but a couple of them want my head > > on > > a platter, and I don't really understand why -- there's really no attack > in > > the article, so I'm truly surprised at some of the hateful responses. I > > mean, it's not like I said, "You're a crappy developer if you use bound > > forms" or something. :) > > > > Susan H. > > > > > > > Spot on Susan! > > > > > >> > > > <http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-things-you-shouldnt-beli > > > > > eve-ab out-freelancing/2685?tag=content;blog-list-river> > > > > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > > We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. > > SPAMfighter has removed 1701 of my spam emails to date. > > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > > > > > The Professional version does not have this message > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > >