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Article states `Avoid at all costs the mean-spirited obituary published by the Guardian.`. Any idea why is it mean spirited?

• scandox 4y ago
  Because it actually attempts a serious estimate of the man and artist, rather than simply saying how wonderful he was and we live in an age where that is considered very bad manners. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/02/john-berger-obituary https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/02/john-berger-ob...
  • GameOfFrowns 4y ago
    In contrast to their glowing obituaries of Nelson Mandela and Jimmy Savile.
  • yesenadam 4y ago
    I just read it, and "mean-spirited" seems to describe it much better than "attempts a serious estimate of the man and artist". Almost every paragraph is oddly negative, and sprinkled with ominous, poisonous phrases. As one of the comments on that page puts it, "A great, generous man. It's a pity we get this sneering, begrudging obit from someone who clearly has little time for Berger's considerable contribution to our culture."
  • skyyler 4y ago
    >His first peasant work of fiction – or storytelling, as from his adopted peasant way of life he preferred to call it – was Pig Earth, This stuck out to me as particularly toxic, without serving to deepen understanding of his life.