dagblog - Comments for "Infinite Winter: Umberto Eco Is Dead" http://dagblog.com/infinite-winter-umberto-eco-dead-20395 Comments for "Infinite Winter: Umberto Eco Is Dead" en Genius is in the eyes of the http://dagblog.com/comment/219286#comment-219286 <a id="comment-219286"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/infinite-winter-umberto-eco-dead-20395">Infinite Winter: Umberto Eco Is Dead</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Genius is in the eyes of the beholder.</p> <p>Justice Brennan (who had four daughters, hahahahahah) thought that pornography was in the eyes of the beholder; but beholding what? hahahahahha</p> <p>Eco was a God to me!</p> <p>And I do not contend that I am some worthy critic!</p> <p>I read The Name of the Rose before I saw the saw presented in a movie.</p> <p>I was awed then as I am awed now.</p> <p>84 aint that bad an age to 'bite it'.</p> <p>And I never found myself with an erection whilst reading Eco!</p> <p>Thank you for remembering Eco.</p> <p>How can the individual; the genius survive in a world like this. How does one free oneself from the bonds of social/political/religious doctrines?</p> <p>Well, one does what one can.</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed" height="315px" width="420px"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jUUB96c6EpY" width="420px"></iframe></div> <p> </p> </div></div></div> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:01:00 +0000 Richard Day comment 219286 at http://dagblog.com Yes, they're not much alike, http://dagblog.com/comment/219284#comment-219284 <a id="comment-219284"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/infinite-winter-umberto-eco-dead-20395">Infinite Winter: Umberto Eco Is Dead</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Yes, they're not much alike, and reading them feels very different, but they do clearly belong to the same extended clan.</p> <p> </p> </div></div></div> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 18:18:47 +0000 Doctor Cleveland comment 219284 at http://dagblog.com