tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post112909819851713334..comments2024-02-08T05:04:18.484-08:00Comments on J'S THEATER: Stackhouse on Rattapallax + Nobel Judge ResignsJohn Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-1129232867755787632005-10-13T12:47:00.000-07:002005-10-13T12:47:00.000-07:00Reggie, I actually did mention Pinter in my long l...Reggie, I actually did mention Pinter in my long list of possible winners, mainly because of his large output and his singular style, which strikes me as particularly appropriate given the bizarrerie we're witnessing both in our goverment and society, and across the globe. And oddly enough, last night, I thought of him--but mainly because I read that he'd be ACTING in an anniversary performance of some upcoming play in the Royal Court Theater's experimental plays festival. I tend to think of him before any other contemporary British playwright, and then of Hare, Stoppard, Churchill, etc. I do wish that Wilson Harris had gotten the nod, but maybe that's what the divided board and Ahnlund's drama were all about.John Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-1129216517099895802005-10-13T08:15:00.000-07:002005-10-13T08:15:00.000-07:00I guess we both showed our preferences (for fictio...I guess we both showed our preferences (for fiction and poetry) with completely missing this year's winner. "!?Pinter!?" I said to myself this morning with a mix of confusion and surprise(as often happens on Nobel Lit day). He wasn't on my radar (When I think of the British Theater I think of Tom Stoppard), and I'm also surprised that they picked 'another Englishman' so close to Naipaul (yeah yeah I know VS isn't *really*...but then again yes he is! LOL). Wonder if this means David Mamet will be among the anointed when he becomes a Grand Old Man?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-1129179941729196382005-10-12T22:05:00.000-07:002005-10-12T22:05:00.000-07:00Reggie, very good point. I wonder if he just coul...Reggie, very good point. I wonder if he just couldn't stomach the fact that Joyce Carol Oates's name popped up, yet again!<BR/><BR/>LOL<BR/><BR/>JJohn Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-1129153220454054862005-10-12T14:40:00.000-07:002005-10-12T14:40:00.000-07:00How strange for the judge to resign *now* just bef...How strange for the judge to resign *now* just before the announcement of this years Laureate. If the problem was Jelinek, why didn't he go last year? Or after William "Lord of the Flies" Golding's win, which a lot of people disagreed with ("He only wrote the one worthwhile book," was the usual complaint). This makes me wonder if this is REALLY about who they're going to announce this week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com