http://conversationalreading.com/invisible-conforms-to-the-auster-model/ Since 2004. The blog of the critic, writer, and editor, Scott Esposito Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:34:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://conversationalreading.com/invisible-conforms-to-the-auster-model/#comment-8151 Tom Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:21:41 +0000 http://conversationalreading.com/wordpress/2009/11/invisible-conforms-to-the-auster-model.html#comment-8151 Tim: Not sure what you mean about Wallace. Do you remember "Mister Squishy" and "The Suffering Channel" from Oblivion? Or how about nearly all of the "hideous interviews?" Or vast stretches of Infinite Jest? Wallace impaled the cliche in the sense that he turned the tables on it. He seized the cliches permeating pop culture - whether in the media or in our everyday dialogues - and exploited them (ruthlessly, brilliantly) to dramatize how people fail to connect...how we insulate ourselves in catchphrases, corporate jargon, doublespeak, etc. that now mean anything and nothing. And he was often ironic about it to boot. Tim:
Not sure what you mean about Wallace. Do you remember “Mister Squishy” and “The Suffering Channel” from Oblivion? Or how about nearly all of the “hideous interviews?” Or vast stretches of Infinite Jest?
Wallace impaled the cliche in the sense that he turned the tables on it. He seized the cliches permeating pop culture – whether in the media or in our everyday dialogues – and exploited them (ruthlessly, brilliantly) to dramatize how people fail to connect…how we insulate ourselves in catchphrases, corporate jargon, doublespeak, etc. that now mean anything and nothing.
And he was often ironic about it to boot.

]]> http://conversationalreading.com/invisible-conforms-to-the-auster-model/#comment-8150 Tim Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:34:57 +0000 http://conversationalreading.com/wordpress/2009/11/invisible-conforms-to-the-auster-model.html#comment-8150 Wallace impaled cliche? What? More like insisted on their utmost importance, their wisdom beyond intellect, unavailable to the ironic eye. Wallace impaled cliche? What? More like insisted on their utmost importance, their wisdom beyond intellect, unavailable to the ironic eye.

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