To: RightWhale
I occasionally hear his "letters from America" on the BBC at work.(you'd be amazed how little there is to listen to at 2 A.M.). From the shows that I have heard I must say I am not impressed . Now I know the man is older than methuselah, but the majority of excerpts are rambling and generally incoherent. Mr. Cooke presents various thoughts and concepts , but the linkage of those thoughts is often tenuous. Or, in other words, you often get done listening to the show and say to yorself "that's it?, what the heck was the whole thing about?"
CC
To: Celtic Conservative
Delivery, it's all in the delivery. Content is merely background, scenery.
6 posted on
03/02/2004 10:20:46 AM PST by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
To: Celtic Conservative
Mr. Cooke presents various thoughts and concepts , but the linkage of those thoughts is often tenuous. Or, in other words, you often get done listening to the show and say to yorself "that's it?, what the heck was the whole thing about?" I don't know. I often arise at 3 a.m. Monday morning just to hear the guy. I usually enjoyed them.
8 posted on
03/02/2004 10:37:12 AM PST by
Mason
To: Celtic Conservative
Alistair Cooke may be over the hill now but if you get ahev some time to read it THE AMERICANS is a very good book by him. As a foreigner who became an American I thought he had a very good hnadle on the country.
13 posted on
03/02/2004 11:26:47 AM PST by
Rummyfan
To: Celtic Conservative
Like proven masterpieces in the field of art and music, the work of Alistair Cooke is no longer up for evaluation. The viewer or listener is the one who is on trial. His reaction simply reveals his own level of insight and appreciation.
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