Does anyone want to be "well-read?"
April 21, 2011 1:16 PM   Subscribe

Does anyone want to be "well-read?" by Roger Ebert.
posted by stbalbach (12 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Pretty much covered recently in this post. -- cortex



 
There's also 200+ comments with comments by Ebert.
posted by stbalbach at 1:17 PM on April 21, 2011


Maybe it's time for an Ebert version of Flash Friday. Like, um, Ebert Satebertday.
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:21 PM on April 21, 2011


Ha! his Facebook box at the bottom of that page has him commenting on Scott Adams alias fiasco.
posted by Hoopo at 1:22 PM on April 21, 2011


I want to be well-read, by my own peculiar standards.
posted by Zed at 1:28 PM on April 21, 2011


Just to read for yourself for pleasure is the point. Dickens will come later, Henry James perhaps never.

Yup, reading for pleasure is the point. He lists a lot of authors I'll probably never pick up, and he doesn't mention several I would put down as essential. But the point is to read and enjoy it, and if you do that regularly, then you're well-read.
posted by hippybear at 1:29 PM on April 21, 2011


I was to be good-read.
posted by TwelveTwo at 1:30 PM on April 21, 2011


This is very close to a double. Three days ago, we had this FPP on the same theme: a single link to an essay that prominently linked to and discussed the Ebert essay.
posted by John Cohen at 1:33 PM on April 21, 2011


Also mentioned in this article from a previous FPP. I'm kind of surprised the Ebert article didn't make it into that MeFi thread.
posted by MrFTBN at 1:33 PM on April 21, 2011


I was to be good-read.



I was too good to be well read.
posted by Debaser626 at 1:38 PM on April 21, 2011


Agreed if you don't get enjoyment out of it don't bother, nobody is handing out prizes for choking down the most literature., I'm pretty well read for a computer guy and I probably shouldn't have forced myself to read a quarter of the stuff I've read. Why did I read "The Wild Ass's Skin"? I've never even had the opportunity to cleverly let anyone know that I've read Balzac until now. Probably should have learned to play guitar instead.
posted by Ad hominem at 1:39 PM on April 21, 2011 [1 favorite]


Better read than dead
posted by hal9k at 1:40 PM on April 21, 2011


The comments section refutes his central thesis. Not sure why he has such a low opinion of his audience but they don't seem to mind much.
posted by otio at 1:43 PM on April 21, 2011


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