Comments on: Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate, about new Amazon Kindle

By: branchwater7

branchwater7 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:23:36 +0000

oh, check your own …
oh, check your own , pastorlux! ms. morrison is certainly not hawking this product to pay her rent. news flash: she’s already a very wealthy woman several times over. & that’s fine. morrison herself has been a scathing critic of the cultural commodification you talk about. i’m only suggesting that now that she’s been dealt in, she continue her cultural critique from the viewpoint of her own lofty privilege. we’ll see i suppose when her new novel comes out in the fall.

By: Pastorlux

Pastorlux — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:23:36 +0000

why do people …
why do people criticize others as if their don’t stink? everyone has to pay rent. why does an artist always get more flack for making a living than some MBA schmuck? this is a culture in which EVERYTHING is commodified. it is the only way we understand anything. either mobilize the revolution now, or get over it.

By: CircleInTheFire

CircleInTheFire — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:23:36 +0000

Basketball players …
Basketball players do it all the time? Exactly. Morrison has lost her tact on this one, sorry. It was all about the money. She pimped herself.
It’s sad, actually.

By: branchwater7

branchwater7 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:23:36 +0000

up to this point …
up to this point morrison has managed to keep her greedy careerism & unashamed capitalism behind the scenes. perhaps she can move on now from writing about black female victimhood to witnessing about black female privilege.

By: junkaa1234

junkaa1234 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:23:36 +0000

You know what, …
You know what, Dylan hocked for Victoria Secret i guess the lesson is we need to separate the artist from the human being.

By: MzShugr

MzShugr — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:23:36 +0000

i would rather this …
i would rather this than some of the other stuff she could have done for money. Her bills still need to be paid. what a great way to promote reading

By: MzShugr

MzShugr — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:23:36 +0000

it is a celebrity …
it is a celebrity endorsement. How is that a low. Basketball players do it all the time.

By: how2233

how2233 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:23:36 +0000

is she talking …
is she talking about sound books?

By: CircleInTheFire

CircleInTheFire — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:23:36 +0000

this is a low for …
this is a low for morrison. not impressive.

By: goebels99

goebels99 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:23:36 +0000

Great stuff!
Great stuff!