Comments on: Beware Brother Brigham (a review of the book by D. Michael Martindale)

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:21:24 +0000

Ooo. Can I watch? Sounds violent.

By: Th.

Th. — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:15:22 +0000

I’m not that great at staying uncivil. And my main means of ill civility is faux civility. It’s like real civility except, curiously, you get blood poured over you.

By: Moriah Jovan

Moriah Jovan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:48:54 +0000

See, and I’d just sat down with my popcorn and Sprite to watch the show and y’all get civil again.

Dang.

By: Wm Morris

Wm Morris — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:30:46 +0000

Ah, see that's why we aim for satire and irony rather than sarcasm. ;-)

By: Th.

Th. — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:28:58 +0000

True enough. It’s kinda difficult to be sarcastic and not sarcastic at the same time. (And that’s what usually gets me in trouble online….)

By: Wm Morris

Wm Morris — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:23:03 +0000

[Not that I'm completely adverse to mixing it up at times]

By: Wm Morris

Wm Morris — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:22:14 +0000

I’m not sure a public calling out is in the best interest of civil discourse, either, Th. I know D. Michael tossed some stuff your way, but I don’t see this comment as eliciting a productive response.

By: Th.

Th. — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:57:04 +0000

I do have one question for DMM if he does stop by again which I hope he will address:

You were rather infamous in Mormon literary circles for never reading any Mormon literature — for talking a lot about it but claiming poverty as an excuse for never actually reading any. I wonder if that has changed?

You claim to know enough about Deseret Book to know that what they publish is not for you and you seem to know enough about what’s being put out at the moment to know that no one is publishing anything akin to BB — but you’re never very specific.

I wonder if you would mind giving us examples of books you’ve read that have formed your aesthetic sense of Mormon literature. At least, I know I would be interested in what specifically led you to form such potent opinions about the field in general and the average Mormon’s taste in particular.

By: Th.

Th. — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:32:04 +0000

Right. I think it’s so tangentially connected to what this thread was actually about to make it silly to tack it on here.

By: Wm Morris

Wm Morris — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:23:10 +0000

Yeah, I’d prefer not to do the rhetoric discussion here. I think everybody has said what needs to be said about the novel itself and its reception.