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| From | liz kato <lizotak@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: review cliches...huh? |
| Date | Wed, 9 Jun 2004 08:30:00 -0700 (PDT) |
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the thing of it is, i think, that clichés cannot be avoided all the time, no matter what a great writer one may be. i have a serious aversion to clichéd and hackneyed expressions-BUT- when used creatively, and with good and specific purpose, they can be very handy at the same time that they are striking. it is true, as well, that an over-used expression can often reach a broader range of people to elicit more widespread understanding- if you say, "more hooks than 'so-and-so', i may not get the comparison or contrast and be unable to imagine what sort of quality is being communicated to me, fyou know what i mean. i'm just saying that clichés can be used effectively and they can take on a creative and interesting function if one is a fine communicator. they need not to be condemned across-the-board. in a sense, all that we use as speech IS, in fact, cliché and hackneyed, don't you think? every word and phrase i've just used- could even be called plagiarized... taking this a bit
too far, perhaps...
liz
Michael vg <govango@yahoo.com> wrote:
Funny you say this cause I always found BTO to be a prime
offender of that sort of reviewing at times.
I sometimes think it is because of the sheer volume of stuff they cover.
I still love the magazine, but many times after reading a review I would
just scratch my head.
michael
--- Matthew Marcinowski wrote:
> It's funny this topic was brought up. I was reading the brand spankin'
> new Big Takeover yesterday (long may Jack Rabid & friends live!) and I
> came upon a piece on The Unicorns. Within the 'interview' I found this:
>
> "Putting the Unicorns in a comparative context beckons another laundry
> list: They're some sort of an interplanetary hybrid between The Flaming
> Lips, They Might Be Giants, NRBQ, Ween, Kool Keith, The Strokes,
> Trachtenberg Family Sideshow Players, MF Doom, The Raincoats, Enon and
> the Beatles' (it)Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band(/it). With peanut
> butter icing on top."
>
> Eh?
>
>
> matthew
> np: The Ponys 'Shishimumu' el pee
>
> --
> "You can't be the Rolling Stones. You've gotta quit while you're
> relatively handsome." Bob Pollard 4-24-04
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