You said that the Pultizer had enormous influence on readers, and that it was a fact. I asked for evidence. And explained why I thought you were overstating things.
If that's war, I guess I'm out. G'night.
Yes. Men like sports. Men watch the action movie, they eat of the beef, and enjoy to look at the bosoms. A thousand years of avenging our wrongs and that's all you've learned?
Xander ,'End of Days'
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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Strega - Apr 22, 2006 9:16:05 pm PDT #377 of 28061
erikaj - Apr 22, 2006 9:16:59 pm PDT #378 of 28061
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
No...Bill Hicks thought people in marketing should kill themselves and that they were also sucking the devil's dick. Really, Hecubus. Get your facts straight. And how much do I love profaning a discussion about literature by saying "sucking the devil's dick." Enough to stay out of grad school, that's how much.
Scrappy - Apr 22, 2006 9:17:28 pm PDT #379 of 28061
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
The Pulitzer is like the Caldecott--if you know what it is, it can influence your consuming. If I am looking at a nonfiction book and see it has won the Pulitzer, I am more inclined to give it a go than another book on the same subject.
The Pulitzer is a big BIG deal in the theatre--plays that win usually get produced at regional theaters all over the country and they use the prize as a selling point.
aurelia - Apr 22, 2006 9:30:37 pm PDT #380 of 28061
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The Pulitzer is a big BIG deal in the theatre
Did you notice that there wasn't one this year?
Gus - Apr 22, 2006 9:55:27 pm PDT #381 of 28061
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
This is all about mediation. Who gives a rusty frimp if the Pulitzer people were watching a play this season?
People who are selling the play. That's who. If the Pulitzer Committee had said that such-and-such a blogger always has her ducks in a stack about theatre and she digs such-and-such show the most, said blogger could make the play.
That is how it really happens, now. Print reviews are entirely after the fact. Ditto breaking-news in print/broadcast. When you release a movie, you pound the refresh key on "Ain't It Cool". What The Times said a week ago machs nix.
meara - Apr 22, 2006 10:10:13 pm PDT #382 of 28061
Pulitzer in newspaper would be v. different from a blog, if only becuase even these days when most newspapers have most of their stuff online, if I see "oh, the Portland Gazette got a Pulitzer for their series on meth!" I'm unlikely to go read it. If I see "Congratulations to bobsblog.com, for the Pulitzer post on underwear (read it here!)", I'd go read it, and then if I liked it, possibly become a regular reader.
Gus - Apr 22, 2006 10:18:30 pm PDT #383 of 28061
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
If meara's link didn't go to a 404, her argument would be utterly compelling.
Other than this, I agree with meara.
meara - Apr 22, 2006 10:21:00 pm PDT #384 of 28061
If it weren't 3AM, I might not have made up a fake link.
Or I might've anyway. I make no promises.
aurelia - Apr 22, 2006 10:47:31 pm PDT #385 of 28061
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I know a theatre that needs a kick in the capital campaign. Wanna blog about it?
Gus - Apr 22, 2006 11:09:38 pm PDT #386 of 28061
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I would. Not that the Pulitizer Commitee would notice. If it was the P-Award-Winning GusBlog, though, you might have to offer sexual favors.
Not that that is a bad idea.