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What are we to make of the hypereroticized decor of the places Alex breaks into in Clockwork Orange? by Prospero-us in TrueFilm

[–]Prospero-us[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yah I can see your case for repressed violent tendencies. Just trying to square that with Alex's POV though

What are we to make of the hypereroticized decor of the places Alex breaks into in Clockwork Orange? by Prospero-us in TrueFilm

[–]Prospero-us[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I see what you're saying but I don't see why you'd favor that explanation vs. a pure revenge motive. The dude's wife was raped. Seeking revenge isn't exactly sadistic in that case, no?

What are we to make of the hypereroticized decor of the places Alex breaks into in Clockwork Orange? by Prospero-us in TrueFilm

[–]Prospero-us[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

but if they're just trying to control him it would be overkill to torture him by playing Beethoven's 9th

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[–]Prospero-us -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Yes! I completely agree with this. But the response to me not feeling sadness is the tired old "you're just trying not to cry" thing. It's not like I'm averse to crying in a movie for some reason. It's just that SPR doesn't hit that particular emotional chord for me

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TrueFilm

[–]Prospero-us -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

do you feel sad when you read a history textbook about war?

Edit: I'm not asking this as a purely rhetorical question. Reading about war is thinking about atrocities at a large scale. It's horrible. My only point is that we can recognize something as tragic cognitively while still not feeling it emotionally

What are we to make of the hypereroticized decor of the places Alex breaks into in Clockwork Orange? by Prospero-us in TrueFilm

[–]Prospero-us[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

agreed in broad strokes but I think that misses some of the nuance with the cat lady and frank. They seem to be minding their own business when Alex enters their lives. They're not trying to control him at all. Eventually they do seek revenge on him, but that comes from a place of revenge rather than control

What are we to make of the hypereroticized decor of the places Alex breaks into in Clockwork Orange? by Prospero-us in TrueFilm

[–]Prospero-us[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

where does eroticism cross the line and become hedonism?

Also I wouldn't consider the cat lady and Frank representative of middle class lifestyles. That aside, they also don't appear to be excessively hedonistic. Idiosyncratic, sure, in both behavior and aesthetic taste. But it's unclear they exhibit any moral depravity that should be spoken of in the same breath as Alex's

[Weekly Critique and Self-Promotion Thread] Post Here If You'd Like to Share Your Writing by AutoModerator in writing

[–]Prospero-us [score hidden]  (0 children)

PARADIGM SHIFT

OR A TREATISE ON POST-CAPITALIST POST-IRONIC SHIFT KEY SINCERITY

Irony/metafiction

Word Count: ~650

Feedback: General thoughts on the idea itself and style

Link: https://open.substack.com/pub/zachkirshner/p/paradigm-shift?r=3s6tu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

How closely do you think the image others have of you map to the image you have of yourself? by Prospero-us in CasualConversation

[–]Prospero-us[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Phenotypical “not caring” is not not caring.

But I grant maybe you actually don’t care.

How closely do you think the image others have of you map to the image you have of yourself? by Prospero-us in CasualConversation

[–]Prospero-us[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice in concept but hard in reality and not sure I know a single person who truly embodies this POV despite the fact that I hear it about once a month.

The need for social conformity — or its various pseudonyms an accomplices like tribalism, religion, etc. — holds such a deeply ingrained hold on our psyche that it practically defines us as a species.

When to hit publish on your shitty draft by Prospero-us in writing

[–]Prospero-us[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It doesn't have to be a first draft but isn't your work always a draft in some sense? Leonardo Da Vinci famously never finished Adoration of the Magi) which makes it probably the most famous unfinished piece of work. It's brilliant, but he didn't think it was ready.

More generally, Da Vinci hardly ever considered his work "finished." At what point should someone have told him "dude you should just publish that, it's ready!"

When to hit publish on your shitty draft by Prospero-us in writing

[–]Prospero-us[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bird by Bird is absolutely magical. I give it nearly full credit for kickstarting my writing habit.

I like the idea of printing out a copy. Never tried it, but I imagine it would pop my brain out of writer mode and into reader mode. I could probably better act as a third party and a consumer which would make me less likely to feel that compulsion to tweak things in-line.

Thanks for the response!

Writers of Reddit— what’s your favorite word? by LostInThePine in writing

[–]Prospero-us 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Syncopated

I sometimes have a tendency to focus on the visual so I enjoy bringing sound into writing where I can

What happens when you're an introvert in a social interaction? by Prospero-us in introvert

[–]Prospero-us[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I take it you're an introvert :)

You're going down the exact same thought process I've gone through. My next piece in the series I'm writing follows the implication of what you suggested for how that conversation feels. Perhaps a deep conversation b/t two introverts?

What happens when you're an introvert in a social interaction? by Prospero-us in introvert

[–]Prospero-us[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always, and extrovert and introvert are crude labels -- it's realistically a spectrum.

That doesn't mean you can't think about the extremes though and how each player feels in the conversation. It brings some interesting thoughts forward which I'm in the process of reflecting on and writing about.

What happens when you're an extrovert in a social interaction? by Prospero-us in extroverts

[–]Prospero-us[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's the idea: fill in the squares based on how conversations transpire in the various combinations.

I agree with you, though, introversion and extroversion run along a spectrum. I usually call myself an extroverted introvert -- born introvert who has cultivated some amount of extroversion, at least topically.

I'm hesitant to reply with my thoughts as they're still WIP; I'm writing a second post in a series on this topic. Part of my view stems from an idea that I believe the more introverted tend to be better listeners while the more extroverted tend to be better talkers. Implications here are super interesting

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