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three months of work and in return
gets a paycheck that represents the
gross national product of a small
South American country, then that
actor should be considered an ene
my of the state and be treated appro
priately, i.e. drawn and quartered.
"But Ryan," you're probably say
ing, "this vision of yours is violent
and cruel. It is obviously the prod
uct of a diseased imagination, not
to mention based on completely
subjective opinions. Anyway, televi
sion certainly would be the first
industry to feel the wrath of the
cultural revolution."
But of course. How could I forget
that most corrupted of mediums,
the one most infected with the mon
ey-grubbing bug, the one most will
ing to sell out every value in ex
change for a Frito-Lay advertising
account? Personally, I think there is
scant hope for this particular form of
entertainment, regardless of what
happens, but certainly something
has to be done about it.
For example, the cast of "Friends"
was paid a king's ransom to do one
last season of that worthless pain pa
rade of a show. People are starving
in this country, yet David Schwim
mer still has a career. Families have
no health insurance, our schools are
under-funded and newspaper head
lines often look like dispatches from
the bowels of Hell, yet Matthew Per
ry is earning a cool million an
episode. This is no longer just a cul
tural revolution, it is now officially a
religious crusade.
We must rid the world of this
madness, if not for our own health
then for our children's futures. All of
these overblown egos and the sick
culture that nurtures them must be
put down for good. Let's set the
cities on fire with rock 'n' roll. Vive
la revolucion, baby.
Contact the senior Pulse reporter
at ryannyburg@dailyemerald.com.
His opinions do not necessarily
represent those of the Emerald.
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story: She was overshadowed by
Hughes, and this led to jealousy, be
trayal and death. Unfortunately, the
film fell into its own trap: The film
makers gave Hughes an unjustly
prevalent role (this doesn't necessarily
mean screen time), which again, over
shadowed Plath, the writer.
I mean, come on. This is a poet
who kept journals from when she was
11 nearly to the day she died (note
that this journal was subsequently de
stroyed by Hughes). There was a
breadth of material for the filmmak
ers to draw from. I mean, "The
Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath"
alone spans 674 pages. The first 200
plus pages of these journals were writ
ten before she even met Hughes, and
provide much insight into the psyche
of the poet before she became at
tached. Furthermore, these journals
raise the question, "How well can you
know someone based on what they
put on the page?"
However, there was at least one scene
from the film that provided insight into
Plath's writing. Plath (admittedly
played hauntingly well by Gwyneth
Paltrow) and Hughes (Daniel Craig)
are rowing on a boat in the ocean,
when Hughes, addressing her writer's
block, announces that her writing
needs to find a subject. He follows this
by saying the subject is herself.
Despite whatever demons she
fought in her own life, on the page,
she was fearless. There are numerous
examples; the best would be "In Plas
ter," written from a hospital bed, or
"Soliloquy of the Solipsist," with its
chilling final stanza. "Paralytic," writ
ten within days of her death, even al
lows for the selflessness that she was
unable to find in life: "I smile, a bud
dah, all / Wants, desire / Falling from
me like rings / Hugging their lights."
Other times, however, Plath is able to
just tell stories. Early poems such as
"Spider" reveal her burgeoning interest
in African folklore, while "Goatsucker"
draws the reader in with the title alone.
My aforementioned thesaurus com
ment is probably unfair, because the
woman clearly had a vocabulary, and as
her poetiy progressed, such thick words
obviously came more naturally.
Of course, there are a variety of Plath
books to choose from. However, I
would recommend "The Collected Po
ems," which organizes all of her pub
lished work chronologically and also
includes a section, inappropriately
named "Juvenilia," which is a selection
of 50 of her earlier poems. More than
anything, these pieces show what a
driven and detailed writer she was be
fore she became more well-known. Ear
lier in Plath's life, she experimented
with poetic forms frequently, resulting
in some stellar efforts, such as the vil
lanelle 'To Eva Descending the Stair" or
"Sonnet to Satan."
If you wish to hear the poetess read,
there are numerous recordings of her
poems available on CD. For those
who don't wish to spend the money,
four pieces, numerous articles and an
excerpt of her novel, "The Bell Jar," are
available on the Web site http://dir.
salon.com/topics/sylvia_plath/.
Contact the Pulse editor
at aaronshakra@dailyemerald.com.
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