I respond to Joel Snyder's comments not at all politically, but with a technical fascination only: I'd *love* to see how he'd manage to sing the internationale by email, and I suspect he could find a way to do it! How, in fact, would any of us manage to "sing" anything here if we wanted to? Or---thump thump---has email signalled the end of singing in our culture? I'm changing the topic, of course, but only a little, since greensfolk sing and help make movies that sing; while we write about them and can only discuss the possibility of singing. On Mon, 12 Aug 1996, Joel Snyder wrote: > Oh my God. I wasn't trashing unions in my response. I come from a union > family - my sister and I even unionized our family and struck our mom and > pop management. I only meant to indicate that the job was defined into > existence by a union (nobody but the greensman could touch the greenery and > the greensman was not allowed to touch anything else). Given the number > of unemployed technical and craftspeople in Hollywood (of whom my older son > is one), I'm all in favor of union defined slots that pay enough to allow > them a decent standard of living in between jobs. OK? Or do I have to > sing the "Internationale"? > Joel Snyder > Department of Art History > University of Chicago > 5540 S. Greenwood Avenue > Chicago, IL 60637 > 312-702-0278 > 312-702-5901 (fax) > > ---- > To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]