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J.D. Salinger hated his Popularity: I mean, imagine if your book had inspired a bunch of psychos? I’d want to hide in my own shack and only release everything after I have already died. I also recommend watching the documentary “Salinger” [2] Did you want to read his new stories? I feel like the marketing department dropped the ball on this one. I had to look hard to find this link [3]
The Wild World of Tomi Ungerer: I never actually read his stories as a child, but I know I would have love the artwork. It’s so weird and dark, but in a childish way. Perfect for a man that blended the two together. [4]
Torture for Fun: Yeah, it hard to accept, but for a long time, thins kind of thing was considered entertainment. Do you see what happens when people get bored? [5]
The Sherlock BBC Series: The latest series suffered from exactly the problem I mentioned: fan service. This is the kind of thing that kills movies.
Why the Academy Sucks: Watching this hot garbage only makes the world worse. What do you do about the fact that it makes the world a crappier place [6]
Shakespear Invented the Knock-Knock Joke: He wasn’t as big a square as most people think. Maybe it’s because he was English that the majority of people don’t know that there were a lot of sides the the bard. [7]
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Imj-riRyg
[3] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22314610-three-early-stories
[4] https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2012/feb/24/tomi-ungerer-illustrations
[5] http://alphahistory.com/pastpeculiar/1677-londoners-burn-live-cats-wicker-pope/
[6]http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/09/movies/oscar-films-75-years-of-bribes-lies-and-overkill.html
[7] http://shakespeare.mit.edu/macbeth/macbeth.2.3.html