t's often said to be one of the greatest works of literature in English... and it just doesn't live up to the hype.
Yes, and it has the stigma of being assigned in schools, which can destroy anything ever written.
It lives up to hype for me - but I don't know many people for whom that's true. And I suspect the ways it appeals to me are not what the academics have in mind when they praise it.
Two-Face as Harley Dent - hee! That would put a new complexion on it all - no wonder he's so screwed up.
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Date: 2008-09-17 11:24 am (UTC)Yes, and it has the stigma of being assigned in schools, which can destroy anything ever written.
It lives up to hype for me - but I don't know many people for whom that's true. And I suspect the ways it appeals to me are not what the academics have in mind when they praise it.
Two-Face as Harley Dent - hee! That would put a new complexion on it all - no wonder he's so screwed up.