One of the most absurd things was hearing actors on the radio trying to read Dylan's lyrics as 'poetry'.

On 14 October 2016 at 14:07, Tim Allen <0000002899e7d020-dmarc-[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I don't really know what most of what you say below Sean has to do with him getting the prize. You seem to be saying that he shouldn't get it on moral grounds. I have no idea who 'the real' Bob Dylan is, any more than I know who the real anybody is. The prize is for his work, and how deeply important that work has been for so many people - it's got nothing to do with him as a person.

On 14 Oct 2016, at 13:12, Sean Carey wrote:

The most ridiculous & an absurd choice Kent. A man whose quest for profit knows no bounds. A man who plays the poor boy in the delta but is rich beyond belief. A man who wrote Volume 1 of his autobiography with an eye on the Nobel Prize. A man whose only honest interview was in Folkway s magazine in the 1970s. A man whose political beliefs are totally unknown. A man who has carefully cultivated a persona & paid little attention to his adoring fans. A man who has done more touring than studio work. A man whose finest work ended with "Blood On The Tracks". 

By no means the worst writer to win the prize but also another male winner of same & there are many worthy females who have done a lot better than "Tarantula". The first volume of his autobiography should have been titled " Mom Pop and Apple Pie" as it totally avoided reality. The Dylan biographers do not probe the man and to use Wilson's quip on Joyce's biographer "Cain by Abel".

Just my view but one grows weary of media humbug on Dylan now running for 50+ years.

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On Friday, 14 October 2016, Kent Johnson <Kent.Johnson@HIGHLAND.EDU> wrote:

So is Dylan the most inspired choice the Nobel committee has ever made, or the most ridiculous one?

(It has to be one of those.)

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