| Wow, I did not expect a reference to 'Synecdoche, New York' to crop up here on HN, even less in such a fitting context. For anyone else wondering what this is about, here is the scene from the film (the whole film is worth watching if you are into the sort of postmodern-surrealist stuff): Caden Cotard : I wanted to ask you, how old are kids when they start to write? Madeleine Gravis : Listen, there's an absolutely brilliant novel written by a four year old. Caden Cotard : Really? Madeleine Gravis : 'Little Winky" by Horace Azpiazu. Caden Cotard : That's cute. Madeleine Gravis : Hardly, Litty Winky is a virulent anti-Semite. The story follows his initiation into the klan, his immersion in the pornographic snuff industry, and his ultimate degradation at the hands of a black ex-convict named Eric Washington Jackson Jones Johnson... Caden Cotard : -Written by a four year old? Madeleine Gravis : -Jefferson. Caden Cotard : Wow, written by a four year old. Madeleine Gravis : Well Azpiazu killed himself when he was five. |