Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 18:24:02 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 14 May 1996, cassidy wrote:
> At 8:56 PM 5/13/96, xerxes wrote:
>
> >Concerning Jane Levine's criticism that Auletta's text appears overly
> >fascinated with clothing or fashion, ....I might interpret his obsevations
> >another way. He pays attention to both personality and business dynamics,
> >and as a NYC based writer, naturally, clothes might appear to him as one
> >good way to define personal culture. The conduct of business in NYC,
> >Washinton, DC, and Washington State has divergent cultural attributes; and
>
> It is also one of the traditional "new journalism: gimmicks. Remember the
> Jimmy Breslin's use of a ring in onme of the early new journalism pieces.
> It a way for a writer/journalist to appear detached and still get their
> opinion in the article.
In this case, it was obvious and not meaningful, imo. Like the hack TV news
editors who show close-ups of an interviewee's hands to imply that
nervous hands _could_ mean the person is lying.
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