tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post113136910996531503..comments2023-12-19T06:54:20.572-05:00Comments on Answer Girl: SundogsEllen Clair Lambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-1159434555221378662006-09-28T05:09:00.000-04:002006-09-28T05:09:00.000-04:00My first to this.I like it.My first to this.<BR/>I like it.Singhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09570905189735947090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-1131456766814661522005-11-08T08:32:00.000-05:002005-11-08T08:32:00.000-05:00But Elvis doesn't own the film rights; he says as ...But Elvis doesn't own the film rights; he says as much right in the lyric. He also says he wants to be working on the sequel, but he can't because is still writing the book, everyday. I mean, don't tell me you don't know the difference ...<BR/>-- EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-1131397984249353122005-11-07T16:13:00.000-05:002005-11-07T16:13:00.000-05:00No, I think that _Elvis_ owns the film rights and ...No, I think that _Elvis_ owns the film rights and is working on the sequel -- so maybe what he's saying is that he can make it turn out the way he wants it to in the movies, while in real life he can only give her longing looks. And really, isn't that what movies are for?Ellen Clair Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-1131397608763074442005-11-07T16:06:00.000-05:002005-11-07T16:06:00.000-05:00Literalism is the way to go here. Not so much Occa...Literalism is the way to go here. Not so much Occam's Razor as Crnobog's mallet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czernobog; by way of _American Gods_).<BR/><BR/>The line means what is scans: She is a better person than Elvis, so after the breakup, she gets to tell the story and proceed to develop a new (if not exactly better) story. While it's true that Elvis is writing the book, everyday, his is a loser's history; her's is a victor's tale with more to come.<BR/><BR/>--Ed<BR/><BR/>P.S. The 'Canes sheeeee-llacking of the Hokies put a lot of things in perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-1131376350039636442005-11-07T10:12:00.000-05:002005-11-07T10:12:00.000-05:00I think that Elvis is bascially saying that if Can...I think that Elvis is bascially saying that if Candide's vision of the world were true, mixed with an eqalitarianism, yet the notion of following up blockbusters with lesser products prevailed (what is the common theme here: Toy Story 2, Shanghai Knights, A Shot in the Dark).....okay, I confess: I can't explain this line either. <BR/><BR/>For great unlimnables, how about this: "The ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face/Where these visions of Johanna have now taken my place."Tom Ehrenfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631646873808799064noreply@blogger.com