Today's dose of blasphemy

[kellinator]

As some of you know, my favorite novel is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I love it beyond all reason. It's pure poetry. I wish I had a huge poster of the cover hanging over my mantel. (I wish I had a mantel, but that's another story.)

So imagine my reaction to the news from blistermoth:

Paris Hilton in line to play Daisy Buchanan in Gatsby remake

If anyone needs me, I'll be dry-heaving. Even Daisy Buchanan isn't that vapid!

Comments

[whorlwind.livejournal.com]

I'd be horrified if I agreed with you that gatsby was a good book.
As it is I'm just amazed anyone ever wants to see her in front of a camera again. I think she's already shown her only talents, and they weren't impressive

[reannon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wasn't that thrilled with it. It was one of the classics that was ruined for me by high school. Maybe I'll give it another shot someday, but in the meantime...

Well, even the worst so-called classic I had inflicted on me in high school* doesn't deserve Paris Hilton.




(Tie between "Billy Budd" and the boring parts of "Canterbury Tales" they let us read.)

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

Canterbury Tales? Boring? Obviously your school district was afraid of you reading the good parts...

[whorlwind.livejournal.com]

My worst was anything by Dickens.

Though they did get me to read to kill a mockingbird, so it wasn't all bad.