[lit-ideas] Re: Dog eat dog.
- From: "John McCreery" <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:17:31 +0900
On 8/25/07, Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Give us Michael Vicks! Crucify him! Crucify him, crucify him. Go
> figure.
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Beautifully said.
But as you figure notice the plot. Black man rises from ghetto to become a
sports star. The fates employ a tragic flaw to punish his hubris. The social
order in which black:white as savage:civilized is reaffirmed. The populace
is distracted from the malfeasance and incompetence of its "natural"
leaders. This thing resonates on so many levels. What editor could resist
it?
John
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