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Watched PBS's "Hemingway"-My Take

Posted on 04/08/2021 7:03:37 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET

Selfish arrogant bastard. Lived in Key West in a big house provided by his well-to-do in-laws. 2nd wife was a home wrecker who he slapped. Spent an awful lot of time indulging in his manly whims-African safaris, marlin fishing and drinking like a fish with his friends. His talents allowed him to hit the big time and everyone wanted to rub elbows with him. Throughout the first episode he appeared obsessed with death and we all know how his selfish obsession turned out. We all have talents. He had too much of it for his own good.

looking forward to the 2nd episode. It's on the DVR.


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To: Vermont Lt

Some women may need it and actually agree.


41 posted on 04/08/2021 12:38:26 PM PDT by Az Joe (I CONDEMN WOKE SUPREMACY! )
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To: Jagman

‘Faulkner didn’t have that impact, and Fitzgerald only had it a little bit.’

Faulkner and Hemingway couldn’t possibly have been more distinct from each other; nothing about them, from writing style through to lifestyle, was remotely similar...

Faulkner for a time embraced the Joycean concept of arcane references, resulting in the mish mash that was ‘Absalom, Absalom’, and also the powerful statement that was ‘The Sound and the Fury...’


42 posted on 04/08/2021 12:56:51 PM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: Az Joe

Wow, really?

I am glad you aren’t married to my daughters. We might need to have a conversation about how you hitting a woman was “justified.” Because I cannot think of a single reason.


43 posted on 04/08/2021 1:18:30 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Reily

All I remember is that the old man caught a big fish but by the time he got back to shore not much of it was left. I don’t know if it is meant to be an allegory for something or just a simple story. Also that Hemingway tells us that when the old man got up in the morning he went outside to take a leak. Most novelists ignore that sort of thing. Maybe it is meant to show he is an authentic old man with an enlarged prostate.


44 posted on 04/08/2021 2:44:19 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

South Park did a great summary.


45 posted on 04/08/2021 3:07:30 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Vermont Lt

Raise them right then.


46 posted on 04/08/2021 3:28:32 PM PDT by Az Joe (I CONDEMN WOKE SUPREMACY! )
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To: Vermont Lt

https://spankingyourwife.wordpress.com/2020/09/19/the-joy-of-hand-spanking/


47 posted on 04/08/2021 3:37:35 PM PDT by Az Joe (I CONDEMN WOKE SUPREMACY! )
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Didn’t know anything of his politics, only his writings which I admired..........So lets all attack him like the left attacked John Wayne after he died.......makes just as much sense.


48 posted on 04/08/2021 3:53:01 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Last thing my priest said to me at confession was "I didn't need to hear that")
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To: Az Joe

You make Pappa look sane. Lol.


49 posted on 04/08/2021 4:17:03 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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