excerpt, 00:27, 2018
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A candid, verbal summary of Sontag’s Against Interpretation, transformed into a cryptic monologue by reading the lips of the speaker.
full video and transcript upon request
A candid, verbal summary of Sontag’s Against Interpretation, transformed into a cryptic monologue by reading the lips of the speaker.
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There are no facts. There’s only interpretations. If you’re looking at it from an art standpoint— let’s say we’re looking at art...
And as we’re looking at it, we’re going to say:
‘x’ doesn’t mean ‘x’, ‘x’ is ‘a’.
’y’ doesn’t mean ‘y’, ‘y’ is ‘b’.
’z’ doesn’t mean ‘z’, it means ‘c’.
... And, of course, interpretation doesn’t always prevail.
There are no facts. There’s only interpretations. If you’re looking at it from an art standpoint— let’s say we’re looking at art...
And as we’re looking at it, we’re going to say:
‘x’ doesn’t mean ‘x’, ‘x’ is ‘a’.
’y’ doesn’t mean ‘y’, ‘y’ is ‘b’.
’z’ doesn’t mean ‘z’, it means ‘c’.
... And, of course, interpretation doesn’t always prevail.
RIGHT
Go fetch. She’s only into pretentions. They want you to hand it to them. A heart…Tambourines; they want to hear. ...
And…Roulette
Once, he asked her to play cards and she said, “watch me, Juan, watch me”. Uh, cheat?
Doesn’t mean she never did but still.
...
Yes, of course, your pretention isn’t always proverb.
Go fetch. She’s only into pretentions. They want you to hand it to them. A heart…Tambourines; they want to hear. ...
And…Roulette
Once, he asked her to play cards and she said, “watch me, Juan, watch me”. Uh, cheat?
Doesn’t mean she never did but still.
...
Yes, of course, your pretention isn’t always proverb.