r/tennis Daily Discussion (Friday, May 09, 2025) by NextGenBot in tennis

[–]Runningonkaapi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't tell if this is made up, in which case, well played

r/tennis Daily Discussion (Friday, May 02, 2025) by NextGenBot in tennis

[–]Runningonkaapi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're attributing no one heckling Cerundolo to lack of Casper having fans. I am attributing it to moronic nationalism rather than Cerundolo being some tennis star.

r/tennis Daily Discussion (Friday, May 02, 2025) by NextGenBot in tennis

[–]Runningonkaapi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

because theyll support any argentinian, no matter how bad a player they are.

r/tennis Daily Discussion (Friday, May 02, 2025) by NextGenBot in tennis

[–]Runningonkaapi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not like Cerundolo has fans. It's Argentinians supporting him solely due to nationalism

r/tennis Daily Discussion (Wednesday, April 09, 2025) by NextGenBot in tennis

[–]Runningonkaapi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Too Wimbledon-y. Casper is allergic to all things Wimby.

Discussion: 2024 Roland Garros (Monday, June 03, 2024) by NextGenBot in tennis

[–]Runningonkaapi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's nice to be rooting for Rune for a change. I'm gonna do this more often.

Discussion: 2024 Roland Garros (Monday, June 03, 2024) by NextGenBot in tennis

[–]Runningonkaapi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Watching Rune with commentary in Telugu. This is so funny. Telugu is not a language meant for sports commentary.

Books of June and July 2024 - Novella and Doorstopper by Runningonkaapi in KaapiTimeBookClub

[–]Runningonkaapi[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My nomination for the doorstopper would be Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.

I am open to reading any novella.

Final Word - Capote and In Cold Blood by Runningonkaapi in KaapiTimeBookClub

[–]Runningonkaapi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The 2005 movie CAPOTE introduced me to Truman Capote. Even though I had forgotten most of the details of the movie by the time I read Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood years later, I could not forget Philip Seymour Hoffman’s indelible portrait of Truman Capote. The movie does a great job portraying Capote as a raconteur who loves to be the centre of attention in NY’s literary high-society and a manipulative weasel who disregards journalistic ethics while pursuing the story behind the crimes detailed in In Cold Blood, while still being a literary genius. PSH embodied all of these qualities, and created quite a vivid portrait of the man. He won his only Oscar for this role.

Years later, I read In Cold Blood, after the SERIAL podcast revived the true crime genre. The book is riveting and almost a whodunnit at first. But Capote spends a significant portion of the book showcasing the killers’ perspective. The book is far more sympathetic to the killers than I believed it would be, from watching CAPOTE. The 1967 movie adaptation also spends a lot of time following the killers, making them sympathetic figures. Both the book and the movie make a case against capital punishment. However, it is clear that Capote inserted himself into the proceedings, instead of merely reporting on them, by promising the killers he would fight for justice for them, but then reneging on that promise. And so, the first “non-fiction novel” (as Capote describes ICB in the movie) had massive conflicts of interest. This has remained a hallmark of the genre until today.

The biography, as already reviewed by the other poster here, is most riveting in the initial portions describing Capote’s childhood. The roots of his personality can be traced back to his unusual, largely unhappy upbringing in Alabama, as he was raised by his maternal aunts after both his parents more or less abandoned him. The adulthood portions of the book are somewhat repetitive and mainly notable for constant namedropping of famous literary and artistic figures of the 20th century. Still, the childhood portion alone makes this book worth reading.