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It's a tremendous piece of writing I've enjoyed many times over over the years but a troubling one. As best I can tell, this is the actual shot described in th
by brandnewlow 7y ago
It's a tremendous piece of writing I've enjoyed many times over over the years but a troubling one.
As best I can tell, this is the actual shot described in the excerpt you quoted. It's great but perhaps DFW embellished a bit in the retelling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDwG5rJVtdc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDwG5rJVtdc
One writer reconsiders the piece: https://theoutline.com/post/7424/david-foster-wallace-roger-federer-moment https://theoutline.com/post/7424/david-foster-wallace-roger-...
- frereubu 7y agoYeah, I'd tracked that down as well, but one reason to be lenient perhaps is that he was writing before everything was available on YouTube, and was probably just going on memory, which is easy to unintentionally embellish over the years. Thanks for the link to the article of responses - looks interesting.