Sent from my cell phone- excuse the typos
Adam Hyman wrote:
>What? A community includes humor; that is one of the things that makes it a
>community. True, irony & sarcasm are often lost in email & on websites, and
>maybe you are being ironic or sarcastic in your reply (and the previous
>person with a similar note), but I strongly feel that it is OK to have one
>thread with some humor that goes on for a couple of days! So, Elizabeth,
>Simonetta, and Fred, I personally disagree with you on this one.
>
>And I think that this is in no way a hoax, since the original post wasn¹t
>trying to ³pull over² anything on anyone. It was obviously a joke.
>In a day or two this thread too will pass, and we can return to an email
>group consisting of nothing but deathly earnestness and seriousness.
>
>(And for a bit of insight as to why the original wasn¹t a hoax Kenneth
>Anger is still alive in corporeal form in Los Angeles. And of course, the
>signature at the end for money was to David. A parody of notes that all of
>you have seen.)
>
>My two cents and best regards to all,
>
>Adam
>
>On 7/25/12 1:53 PM, "elizabeth mcmahon" wrote:
>
>> I'm with Fred. Please cease and desist on Frameworks and if you must, set up
>> your own experimental hoax humor listserv.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Elizabeth
>>>
>>> From: Tim Halloran
>>> To: Experimental Film Discussion List
>>> Cc: Experimental Film Discussion List
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 2:50 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Please help
>>>
>>>
>>> Yawn.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jul 25, 2012, at 10:56 AM, "Alex" wrote:
>>>
> Fred, thank you for pointing out that this is a hoax. I have a rare
vitamin deficiency that affects some of my cognitive functions and my
ability to process visual information called Iron-y Blindness and you can
only imagine how difficult it is to be a fan of experimental films and
indeed engage in intellectual conversation in general without being able to
get jokes.
>
> So rare and made up is my illness that there are no foundations currently
funding research for a cure and I've had to start my own. So far no one has
been taking me seriously (which I find offensive because I am forced by
nature to always be serious) and I am left alone in this world constantly
writing out checks to bring Ken Anger back to corporeality.
>
> I'm glad to find someone willing to stand up for people like me and I was
wondering if you would interested in sending me a large sum of money so
that
I may develop a sense of humor and stop falling victim to these schoolyard
bullies on the internet.
>
> Always,
> Alexander
>
> On Jul 25, 2012, at 1:15 PM, "Fred Camper" wrote:
>
> >> David,
> >>
> >> Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but I really dislike hoaxes that
> attempt
> >> humor on lists such as FrameWorks. First of all, some almost always
> >> take
> >> them seriously, as has apparently already happened at least once.
> Second,
> >> life is too short for such "creativity." I trust I'm not the only one
> >> among the many hundreds on this list who do not appreciate seeing all
> >> these meaningless emails. Finally, this particular hoax seems to me to
>be
> >> insulting to the work of a genuinely great filmmaker. Hell, you even
> >> misspelled Crowley's first name.
> >>
> >> Fred Camper
> >> Chicago
>
>
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