tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post2050837667243168784..comments2023-10-14T23:56:22.016-10:00Comments on Reflecting Light: Simon saysRick Darbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-91280620335492301592011-02-01T00:08:52.947-10:002011-02-01T00:08:52.947-10:00What a pleasant surprise to read an appreciation o...What a pleasant surprise to read an appreciation of Simon, one of my unsung heroes. Also a pleasant surprise to see that the man is still alive and active. (Stanley Kauffmann, another venerable old critic - one for whom Simon has expressed admiration, though I often find him off-base - is also still reviewing movies for The New Republic.)dan g.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-64562521684484359142011-01-20T06:46:28.722-10:002011-01-20T06:46:28.722-10:00Back in 1980, on the flight over to England to beg...Back in 1980, on the flight over to England to begin my stint as a Fulbright Scholar, I read Simon's "Paradigms Lost." Brilliant and biting attack on the mangling of the English language by the dastardly, the diversified, and the merely dumb. I didn't know he was still around! Highly recommend his old book, however.Sheilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-5014273421839051872011-01-20T04:25:51.017-10:002011-01-20T04:25:51.017-10:00Zazie,
I don't know if he still feels Europea...Zazie,<br /><br />I don't know if he still feels European, but John Simon knows European culture far better than most Americans do.<br /><br />Dennis,<br /><br />Yes, he did write for <i>National Review</i>, and also for <i>The New Criterion</i>. But he was the theater critic for the politically left <i>New York</i> magazine until they shopped him after 30 years.<br /><br />It's to his credit that, as far as I know, Simon has kept his personal politics separate from his writing on the arts. That's rare these days.Rick Darbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-4234149359501943402011-01-20T03:30:49.054-10:002011-01-20T03:30:49.054-10:00I believe that Simon's politics are as conserv...I believe that Simon's politics are as conservative as his taste. Didn't he used to write for National Review?Dennis Manganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934802482968611507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-74377523165361244912011-01-20T00:00:12.423-10:002011-01-20T00:00:12.423-10:00Many thanks for the link ; this is a pleasant blog...Many thanks for the link ; this is a pleasant blog indeed! And I do enjoy the language, as well as the thoughts. I wish I could hear him too.<br />After those many years in America, does he still feel "European", I wonder.zaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639722488366613594noreply@blogger.com