@jsuglia -- Yessim, "based upon" was a poor & deadly choice on Professor Mazzaro's part, but, to his credit, after being sliced & diced & served (grown slightly bald) upon a platter, he adopted the visage of bashful quiveringness. I like the guy, hapless as he be.
Professor Mazzaro is quite the ostentatious buffoon. Spiteful, too -- insinuating ("...based on the same idea...") that Berryman pilfered from Pound. Common knowledge need not be cited: every first-year college student (should) know(s) this. If I write that the capital of New York state is Albany, must I cite a specific authority? Nor is it evidence of indebtedness to an earlier poet. Berryman makes short work of Professor Mazzaro.
Berryman's justified outrage in the first 3 minutes here...perhaps the most entertaining 3 minutes of film I have seen, bar none.
Highly entertaining!! 2:48 and then his little smile!
@virginiamilcu -- Glad you enjoyed dear John as much as I did. ;)
@jsuglia -- Yessim, "based upon" was a poor & deadly choice on Professor Mazzaro's part, but, to his credit, after being sliced & diced & served (grown slightly bald) upon a platter, he adopted the visage of bashful quiveringness. I like the guy, hapless as he be.
Professor Mazzaro is quite the ostentatious buffoon. Spiteful, too -- insinuating ("...based on the same idea...") that Berryman pilfered from Pound. Common knowledge need not be cited: every first-year college student (should) know(s) this. If I write that the capital of New York state is Albany, must I cite a specific authority? Nor is it evidence of indebtedness to an earlier poet. Berryman makes short work of Professor Mazzaro.
Too bad John was drunk as a skunk during this interview . Great Poets can get away with anything it seems .