Max and Andrew,
Glad to learn that it was "great" for you as well. And that it apparently didn't "suck" at the same time. As for the fact that I remembered the terms as a dichotomy rather than virtually identical at times, I now realize I shouldn't have depended on a 4.5 month old memory trace from a time of day (12 midnight) when I often fall asleep with the television on.
Barry
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:58:51 +0800, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Loved it myself, too. Thanks, Barry. Andrew
>
>On 13 April 2011 07:10, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Made my day, Barry.
>> Truly great!
>>
>> And nearby are numerous other clips I shall now sample.
>> best from Max
>>
>> Quoting Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]>:
>>
>> > Max,
>> >
>> > Here's the link to the most precisely edited version of Jerry Seinfeld's
>> > "sucks<>great" routine. Still "great" the second time around.
>> >
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fgowvzfQ9U&feature=related
>> >
>> >
>> > Barry
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:20:17 +1000, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > >On 8/04/11 6:05 AM, "Barry Alpert" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > > I
>> > >> immediately thought of Jerry Seinfeld's stunning recent stand-up
>> comedy
>> > >> routine in which he argues that the terms of evaluative criticism have
>> > shrunk
>> > >> to the dichotomy, "It's great"<>"It sucks".
>> > >
>> > >When teaching, I sometimes tried to elicit from my students just what
>> their
>> > >vocabulary of evaluation consisted of, as something we might build on.
>> > >Me: this line of Keats, now, is it aaah yummy? Or do you reckon its
>> yucky?
>> > >These terms figured in their vocab all right, but applying it to
>> language
>> > >tended to stymie them.
>> > >
>> > >Max
>> > >
>> > >I wonder if the Seinfeld routine is on the internet yet...?
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
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