smoke signals

February 27, 2012

smoke signals

SINCERE QUESTION: Did Oedipus blind himself after watching the Oscars?

— errolmorris (@errolmorris) February 27, 2012

Flannery O’Connor had Hazel Motes blind himself after reading Robert Fitzgerald’s translation of Oedipus. (I know this on good authority.)

— errolmorris (@errolmorris) February 27, 2012

But…Hazel Motes could have been watching the Oscars.

— errolmorris (@errolmorris) February 27, 2012

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Sheila Ryan on February 27th, 2012 at 4:01 pm

That Errol Morris is what Miss Nell would call a bird.

comments:

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