tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13994370.post9061339556438335245..comments2024-03-27T10:50:04.431-04:00Comments on living read girl: Does this new documentary truly cast light upon the shadow of Salinger?lady thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16287907577241697874noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13994370.post-80888105776684477272013-09-07T22:10:02.068-04:002013-09-07T22:10:02.068-04:00This is excellent - and very thoughtful. I strongl...This is excellent - and very thoughtful. I strongly agree that any serious biographer has to address the bad and the good of their subject. And filmmakers, while they may have a specific story they want to show viewers, owe it to themselves and audiences and people affected by those subjects. <br /><br />You can't ignore that some good people have ugly pasts, or were not as perfect as their reputation makes them seem. Lincoln apparently grew to consider different people as equals after Emancipation, and people should know that - it made me respect him for changing. <br /><br />And you can't do a biography of Don King without acknowledging that he killed a man. JFK slept around shamelessly. Andrew Jackson killed a whole bunch of American Indians, flouting the law while doing so. And the lovely Frick Museum was founded by a guy who loved to hire union busters; some suggest that the edifice itself serves to make him seem a better person than he truly was.<br /><br />I never knew this stuff about Salinger, and it's a damn shame that he had an unhealthy attitude towards people who, just as a lover alone, he had a responsibility to treat well. It's upsetting, but it's important information to have and air in the public. Jackson shouldn't be allowed to hide behind success, Frick shouldn't get to buy forgiveness and adulation, nor should JFK escape scrutiny with his charm and tragedy, and Salinger shouldn't be allowed to get by on the wall of silence emotional abuse can create.Thaddeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414047155226211676noreply@blogger.com