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thenewgreen  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: David Foster Wallace - Consider The Lobster

Yep. I've seen this article in the past and I've never read it until just now. In fact, it was kleinbl00's comment that finally made me read it. Not for his praise of it, but because I had to see for myself if his criticism of it was just. He is most certainly lecturing and not just that, he's doing it while snidely mocking the everyday men and women that flock to such "fairs." -As someone that lived in a town with one of the largest "art" fairs in the U.S., I can sympathize with his characterization of this group, but still...it's a lecture.

You had a great comment in the past regarding the "pain" aspect.