I’m betting that somewhere in Hollywood, a movie executive, upon hearing that Salinger kicked the bucket, immediately thought, “Now we can finally make a movie of The Catcher in the Rye!”
Who wants to bet that the vultures won’t wait until the body has cooled before they start picking at the flesh?
In any event, rest in peace J.D. If there’s another world, hopefully you’ll find it less crumby than this one.
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Ummm, you know they still need to buy the rights to it, right?
If you want to be cynical, put it on the family that will sell it to them.
FB,
Here is some material to write a sarcastic post
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Tiger Woods’ Sex Fantasies ‘Not Normal’: Loredana Jolie
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/28/tiger-woods-sex-fantasies_n_440131.html
Tiger Woods’ sex fantasies are “not normal,†according to the Playboy model who claims to have slept with the golfer. Loredana Jolie told the New York Post that Tiger “would engage in sex from 9 p.m. until the sun came up the next morning.â€
She also says Tiger “likes role-playing, he likes to be the guy in control and wearing a suit while there are girls performing girl-on-girl and guys entertaining guys.â€
Catcher in the Rye reviewed here! – http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/salinger.catcher.shtml
‘Angst angst angst swear curse swear crazy crazy angst swear curse, society sucks, and I’m a stupid jerk.’
Salinger pretty much loathed contemporary culture, as well. It would be ironic for Hollywood to jump on Catcher.
She also says Tiger “likes role-playing, he likes to be the guy in control and wearing a suit while there are girls performing girl-on-girl and guys entertaining guys.â€
GASP!!
A suit?!?!
I’m surprised it didn’t take months to find out. Didn’t he coin the phrase “Get off my lawn!”?
I’m guilty. I work in the entertainment industry and, while not my first thought, it came along soon after. I wonder if his kids are as principled (or crazy?) as he.
I second the motion:
that wacky Caulfield outraged the tailfin and poodle skirt crowd, he’ll do it again for the angsty teen boy grown jaded by fucking his 6th grade teacher.
Solid, jackson.
Hollywood did turn one of his short stories (“Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut”) into a travesty of a film. It’s what convinced him never to let Hollywood touch another one of his works again.