:06:12
I thought that was
really good, Marcus.
:06:14
Really...
:06:16
moving
and emotional.
:06:19
I thought it was
really emotional, too.
:06:23
Student #1:
And, I mean,
:06:25
really good
word choices.
:06:29
It kind of reminded me
a little of Faulkner,
:06:32
but East Coast
and disabled.
:06:36
Or Flannery O'Connor.
She had multiple sclerosis.
:06:40
And Borges--
he was blind.
:06:44
Updike has psoriasis.
:06:50
Maybe I'm wrong,
:06:53
but...
:06:55
I'm afraid I found
the whole thing
:06:57
to be a little trite.
:06:59
Its earnestness is...
:07:03
well... it's a little
embarrassing.
:07:07
Those adjectives
are flatfooted and redundant.
:07:11
I'm sorry,
I mean...
:07:14
anyway, don't--
what do I know?
:07:16
Don't even listen
to what I say.
:07:18
I mean...
:07:23
Anyone else?
:07:30
Catherine is right.
:07:33
Your story
is a piece of shit.
:07:36
You express nothing
but banalities,
:07:39
and, formally speaking,
are unable to construct
:07:42
a single
compelling sentence.
:07:44
You ride on a wave
of cliches so worn, in fact,
:07:47
it actually approaches
a level of grotesquerie.
:07:50
And your subtitle--
"The Rawness of Truth"--
:07:57
is that supposed to be
a joke of some sort?