On Wed, 12 Jul 1995 14:05:11 -0400 Mike Frank said: > >for myself i have to say that i have virtually no interest in making anything, >but an intense interest in understanding how texts are made, why they are >made, what they mean, and why they are valuable > >an analogy: i'd rather be a great batting coach who knows all there is to >know about hitting but can't swing a bat, than be the world's greatest >hitter who cannot explain anything abnout his skill I'm reminded of a lunch-table conversation some years ago I said that "everyone has a film script in the bottom of their trunk -- except you" I said to a now internationally renown film theorist. "Don't be so sure," he responded. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]