Hey, it wasn’t just me…
“too many of the contributors write in Eggers’s shadow, preferring to ape his self-effacing prose and editorial quirks rather than think for themselves. Occasionally, it is difficult to know what is spoof and what is real, which is part of the fun for the folks at McSweeney’s, of course, but relentless second-guessing is a little wearing for the rest of us. Is a joke really a joke if the reader isn’t sure if it is a joke?”
Hey, it wasn’t just me…
“too many of the contributors write in Eggers’s shadow, preferring to ape his self-effacing prose and editorial quirks rather than think for themselves. Occasionally, it is difficult to know what is spoof and what is real, which is part of the fun for the folks at McSweeney’s, of course, but relentless second-guessing is a little wearing for the rest of us. Is a joke really a joke if the reader isn’t sure if it is a joke?”