But it is a hyperbolic world now, isn't it? We can't simply read a
book anymore, fiction or non-fiction, we must devour the latest
blockbuster (!!!). Everything gets three stars, five stars, two
thumbs a pinky and twelve toes - all up. Even in submitting
material, writers are encouraged to enlist hyperbole; how will our
book bust open the market, what's our device, how do we plan to
outshine the other two-hundred fifty thousand submissions piled in
the warehouse? (Perhaps if the submission actually, physically
glowed?)
Of course people will read Siratori's verbal 9/11. Consumers have
become conditioned to seek only what passes as the zenith, the
cutting edge. We shouldn't enjoy what we watch or read; we must let
it flay us for it have any impact. If it doesn't cause abject
hatred for one's self, or induce physical resulvion, it can't
possibly be any good. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must irradiate my
next submission.
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