tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983372.post3430571518273207183..comments2023-11-05T04:04:12.442-05:00Comments on Short Schrift: The Novel in the Digital AgeTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983372.post-52625164851164653452008-08-25T10:25:00.000-04:002008-08-25T10:25:00.000-04:00I'm not totally sure what you mean by "lower our s...I'm not totally sure what you mean by "lower our standards" -- I would argue to the contrary that what we might need is a really well-pulled-off exemplar (like <I>The Sopranos</I> or <I>Ulysses</I>) that shows what you can do in a new space.<BR/><BR/>In particular, <I>The Sopranos</I> and <I>Ulysses</I> are both omnivorous creatures of the best and worst of mass culture and the best of worst of high art and spit them out to make something new. You get a lot of bad stream-of-consciousness novels after <I>Ulysses</I> but also <I>Mrs Dalloway</I> and <I>The Sound and the Fury</I>, and you get a lot of bad Sopranosesque series but also <I>The Wire</I> and <I>Mad Men</I>, shows that wouldn't get a chance without their very successful forebears and which really seem to expand the form. <BR/><BR/>So we come back, as all discussions tend, to Isabella Rosselini. <I>Green Porno</I>, again, seems to be a real effort to think of a different kind of art for the digital small screen, but it's like the pre-<I>Ulysses</I> s-o-c novels, pre-Sopranos HBO series, or other experiments in form: it's coming together, but not quite to the point of saturation and fully realized expression.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983372.post-13920689683331416512008-08-24T23:08:00.000-04:002008-08-24T23:08:00.000-04:00Aghhhhh I totally agree. Re: that last bit. Everyt...Aghhhhh I totally agree. Re: that last bit. Everything preceding but the last bit especially. Jeez, not even Ulysses -- how about something that just feels correct and comfortable here? On this screen? W/ all these linky-links?<BR/><BR/>I wish you could have seen my presentation at the Creative Commons salon recently in SF, Tim -- you would have liked it and, more importantly, I would have loooved to talk to you abt it afterward. The talk was all about new forms, about all the unexplored "possibility space" in video (on the web), and how we need to lower our standards for a bit now to let some of the good stuff happen.Robin Sloanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544600054056664342noreply@blogger.com