tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post3867380864137914987..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Derivative Works—RevisitedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-49950069142646444542010-04-01T20:12:52.958-05:002010-04-01T20:12:52.958-05:00Hey, I name-checked Age of Bronze in the December ...Hey, I name-checked <i>Age of Bronze</i> in the December post. You get awed praise only once a week around here.<br /><br />But really I’m talking about a difference between the “high” art of literary fiction, fine art, and serious theater and more popular art forms such as movies, genre fiction, musical theater, and comics. I’ve perceived practitioners of the latter arts not worrying so much about appearing original as long as their stories move their audiences, while the former group has largely shied away from retellings except with arch, postmodern approaches. <br /><br />Now books like <i>Ransom</i> might undercut my hypothesis just when it was getting good.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-68683651316095254412010-04-01T13:31:20.107-05:002010-04-01T13:31:20.107-05:00Har de har.Har de har.ericshanowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08879686211456482942noreply@blogger.com