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The name fit him well: Crazy Larry. Crazy Larry owned Crazy Larry’s Waterbeds in my hometown, and the locally produced commercials always solidified that reputation. In one commercial in particular, Larry stood on top of his own building, took off his pants and wrote the word “SALE” on his boxers. Then after these antics, he states, “I’ll drop my pants to make you a sale. Why? Because I’m Crazy Larry.” Read More
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“We need to interpret interpretations more than we need to interpret things.” - Montaigne (as quoted by Jacques Derrida)
I dropped my critical theory class last semester, but before I left all of my newfound knowledge behind me, I was able to apply this one thing that I learned in a useful way: Deconstruction. Deconstruction is a school of literary criticism that puts emphasis on finding the shortcomings of a text. Deconstructionists look for plot holes, mistakes in language—anything that doesn’t make sense or that renders the text imperfect. Any successful deconstructionist reading will end with the conclusion that the text is inherently imperfect, and therefore meaningless. This arrival at meaninglessness is called “aporia.” Read More
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I came across a column recently in which the writer, who was talking about the alleged SpongeBob controversy, described himself as “compassionate and tolerant” and congratulated himself because, he said, when he hears the word “Christian,” he doesn’t immediately assume anything either good or bad. Read More