The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 13.1205  Wednesday, 1 May 2002

From:           Sean Lawrence <
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Date:           Tuesday, 30 Apr 2002 10:49:03 -0700
Subject: 13.1191 Re: Accents
Comment:        Re: SHK 13.1191 Re: Accents

Charles Weinstein quotes Kingsley Amis on

>"Real, over-mastering, orgiastic boredom, and its companion, real hatred."

Let us not forget that for some, boredom is a form of self-indulgence.
And it is not clear whether it precedes, or follows from, hatred.  I'm
not sure, in other words, whether you really hate Pacino's acting
because he's boring, or whether the order of events is reversed.

Yours, yawningly,
Se