[Ads-l] "symbol" in film crit

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yeah, but you'd think he'd have said so.

JL

On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 4:31 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

> Maybe the idea is that that they must be symbolic croutons if they’re
> going to be mixed with motor oil, blood, and urine, while the literal ones
> are more appropriate for soup or Caesar salad.
>
>
> > On Oct 13, 2019, at 4:10 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > Had enough of "allegory"?  Then move on to this, where "symbol" seems to
> > mean no more than "striking visual element":
> >
> > 2010  America Magazine
> > https://www.americamagazine.org/issue/745/film/crosshairs  :  They’re
> > definitely not afraid of metaphor. Along with the fractured lens of the
> > gunner’s viewfinder (sustained halfway through), salad croutons are a key
> > symbol, mixing with motor oil, blood and urine in a way that will put you
> > off the crunchy comestibles for weeks.
> >
> > The critic never explains what they symbolize.  I've seen this movie (as
> > they say) twice, and the movie croutons are key symbols of real croutons
> > only.
> >
> > JL
> >
> >
> > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> truth."
> >
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