I'm quite an odd person
and having suffered through a million lit classes at university, I have realised that looking at the mechanics of a story completely spoils it for me. It's like knowing how the rabbit gets in the hat. Takes the shine off.

Now when I watch films, I generally check my brain at the door.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:36, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I object to that sort of study of literature and stuff
partly because I have a strong belief that an awful lot of stuff is written with very little underlying meaning and that it is ascribed later by wankers who are trying to be intellectual.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:38, Reply)

Ref. everything Shakespeare ever wrote
(this may be bollocks, I developed a lasting distaste for Shakespeare after being repeatedly told about the multiple subtexts of Henry IV part I during GCSE English)
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:42, Reply)