Comments on: Trapped in the Closet: Evan Shapiro Responds http://blog.spout.com/2007/08/15/trapped-in-the-closet-evan-shapiro-responds/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:16:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kevin Buist http://blog.spout.com/2007/08/15/trapped-in-the-closet-evan-shapiro-responds/#comment-459 Kevin Buist Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:00:11 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/08/15/trapped-in-the-closet-evan-shapiro-responds/#comment-459 Wow. Doomsday predictions. Why is the thought of Kelly being compared to Dickens so scary? Is it because we're worried that Trapped in the Closet will be the primary artifact of our time? The one narrative that encapsulates our era? I hope it's not the only way we're remembered by future generations, but I also hope it's not forgotten. If only art made by rich, white academic men becomes canonized (as Dickens has) I think we'll really be missing out on something. Wow. Doomsday predictions.

Why is the thought of Kelly being compared to Dickens so scary? Is it because we’re worried that Trapped in the Closet will be the primary artifact of our time? The one narrative that encapsulates our era? I hope it’s not the only way we’re remembered by future generations, but I also hope it’s not forgotten. If only art made by rich, white academic men becomes canonized (as Dickens has) I think we’ll really be missing out on something.

]]> By: Tom http://blog.spout.com/2007/08/15/trapped-in-the-closet-evan-shapiro-responds/#comment-452 Tom Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:52:01 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/08/15/trapped-in-the-closet-evan-shapiro-responds/#comment-452 They must have meant The Old Curiosity Shop, which was serialized in Dickens' weekly magazine Master Humphrey's Clock ... At the time, people loved the story and were dying to see what happened to the character of Little Nell. That said, this certainly is how the world ends. How anyone can mention those two in the same breath is beyond me. They must have meant The Old Curiosity Shop, which was serialized in Dickens’ weekly magazine Master Humphrey’s Clock … At the time, people loved the story and were dying to see what happened to the character of Little Nell.

That said, this certainly is how the world ends. How anyone can mention those two in the same breath is beyond me.

]]> By: Erin http://blog.spout.com/2007/08/15/trapped-in-the-closet-evan-shapiro-responds/#comment-447 Erin Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:49:24 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/08/15/trapped-in-the-closet-evan-shapiro-responds/#comment-447 <i>New York Magazine’s website compared “Trapped” a modern Dickens novel - albeit with a bit of irony, I imagine - the way we are releasing it day by day, and how Kelly’s audience hangs on every chapter.</i> This is how the world ends. New York Magazine’s website compared “Trapped” a modern Dickens novel - albeit with a bit of irony, I imagine - the way we are releasing it day by day, and how Kelly’s audience hangs on every chapter.

This is how the world ends.

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