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by bsder 3129 days ago
> Who could possibly do justice on screen to the character of Ignatius J. Reilly?

I'm going to say ... lots of people. It's basically Reality TV trash in literary form.

I have never understood the literary lovefest that "Confederacy of Dunces" seems to incur ...

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I've never heard of a Reality TV character who is as trashy as Ignatius but has also read the Great Books and earnestly believes himself to be a Great Man