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Disagree, but upvoted. Magical realism in general and Garcia Marquez in particular are more critically problematic than many realize. I don't think this threa
by slurry 12y ago
Disagree, but upvoted.
Magical realism in general and Garcia Marquez in particular are more critically problematic than many realize.
I don't think this thread should gloss over that entirely, even if the tone of objection is unlovely.
- ulisesrmzroche 12y agoNah, you're both wrong, and what's worse, you're holding strawmans. Not the time and place for this, my dudes.
- ballard 12y agoYup. Speaking ill of the dead is awful.
- Myrmornis 12y agoAgree that this thread should not gloss over the gigabytes of rubbish written by undergrads in response to "magical realism", and what's worse, the person-years wasted by a devotion to the arts inspired by a combination of a childish attraction to this sort of stuff and the spurious academic credentials accorded to it.