RE: [Re: RAT Reading Series --What Brecht thinks TO LEE]

[brad rothbart <scrdchao@nni.com>]

>Exactly right. People who exalt their confusion over language confuse
>stupidity with wisdom. (Sort of like on the one hand comparing me to an
>academic, but then comparing me to a TV executive. What do the two have in
>common and how could they both be present in the same person? I have no
>idea. But then, the argument wasn't built. Y'know. In English.) Mark Twain
>and Geoffrey Chaucer and James Joyce completely understood the rules of the
>English language -- that's what allowed them to transform it. Do I worry
>about artistic directors and literary managers who can't punctuate, spell,
>or ever settle upon the right word? Sure. These are people who make
>artistic judgments about writers. If they can't write a simple sentence
>themselves I doubt they can understand the nuances of a script. The
>oh-so-precious "I don't use capital letters" movement is irritating, but I
>usually just ignore it, except when the one thing the artistic director
>capitalizes, over the name of his much-vaunted literary director, is the
>name of the theatre. That kinda makes you wonder how much they value the
>volunteer.
>
>Lee
>
 Lee, and Dennis  value me, this I know, for the RAT-List tells me so.
Lee, valuation is not about capitalization, unless you're in the stock
market- I'm not......

 In terms of my  (sometimes) atrocious spelling.
 A) A quick mind
 b) A lousy typist (me)
c) a lot to say
d) little time to say it in
e) complete lack of any spellchecking devices
e) I'm among friends, right? do you really grade me on Spelling?  It's not
a resume, just a conversation......

brad  ( if it was good enough for e.e. cummings)