This is THE Stephen King, right? The fabulously successful and wealthy author? The guy who spends an inordinate amount of time locked up by himself, writing intricate tales of evil and horror? That guy?
And he’s the one who’s gonna tell us what real people at the bottom rung of society ought to do??? Why not ask Susan Sarandon?
Bat One - 09:05pm on 05/05/2008
Stephen King has always been left of center in a lot of his political views. However I think his angsts of the last few years started after Desperation was published.
In that book he had quite a few criticisms of the cocktail party crowd, and seemed a little more understanding of middle-western American values, if not exactly approving. And I think he has been trying to make up for it ever since.
After that book was published, the cocktail crowd probably gave him the cold shoulder for awhile, or some funny looks and he has been spending all this time trying to prove to them that “Hey, guys, I’m not one of those freaks”.
Largely, he does it by putting in stupid, (and usually irrelevant to the narrative) political commentary in some of his characters dialogs or inner musings.
He also seems to have this idea that a talent in writing is that same as a talent in public speaking, something I think he proves wrong again and again on his own.
BD,
Hail and well met.
‘87 myself, 31st Co.
This is THE Stephen King, right? The fabulously successful and wealthy author? The guy who spends an inordinate amount of time locked up by himself, writing intricate tales of evil and horror? That guy?
And he’s the one who’s gonna tell us what real people at the bottom rung of society ought to do??? Why not ask Susan Sarandon?
Stephen King has always been left of center in a lot of his political views. However I think his angsts of the last few years started after Desperation was published.
In that book he had quite a few criticisms of the cocktail party crowd, and seemed a little more understanding of middle-western American values, if not exactly approving. And I think he has been trying to make up for it ever since.
After that book was published, the cocktail crowd probably gave him the cold shoulder for awhile, or some funny looks and he has been spending all this time trying to prove to them that “Hey, guys, I’m not one of those freaks”.
Largely, he does it by putting in stupid, (and usually irrelevant to the narrative) political commentary in some of his characters dialogs or inner musings.
He also seems to have this idea that a talent in writing is that same as a talent in public speaking, something I think he proves wrong again and again on his own.