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Originally Posted by Catlady
So, Hitch, tell us how you really feel.  |
Yes, I am sorry, I got a bit hot under the collar on that one. I've just..for years, you know, when I was still a young somewhat impressionable kid, (Yes, yes, you wiseguys, that person existed, once upon a time and far far away...) I wondered what was wrong with me, that I didn't love TTM. How could that be? I did try, repeatedly, to figure out why, what was "wrong' with my perception of things, and all that. I mean, granted, thank God that I grew up, realized that the problem wasn't me, it was Dumas, and all that, but still, it bugs me to think of boys, particularly, reading this as a "great" classic, and emblematic of the HONOR and CHIVALRY that men are supposed to have. I mean..
think about that!
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Originally Posted by Dazrin
LOL! That's almost exactly what I said!
I completely agree with Hitch and it was nice to see someone who isn't normally involved in the book club come in with similar thoughts as many of us from a completely independent look at it.
I said in another thread that when I finishedquit reading this my wife said to me "Now you feel my pain." It really is a terrible book and I really am curious why such a lousy tale would become the go-to book for "friends" and even "heroes". I'm sure there was some friendship between them but looking at d'Artagnan's actions after returning from England checking on his friends was mostly an afterthought and a way to keep himself from getting caught.
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Yes, that's it, right? We can lay blame at the feet of moviemakers, for perpetuating what I call the
Myth of the Musketeers, into the 21st century, and through the 20th..but
what accounts for it prior to that time?
I don't know. It's
disturbing, if you really think about it.
Hitch