Paglia on Mitchell's "Woodstock"

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I've just been reading Camille Paglia's analysis of Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock."  I have an uncle who's a big fan of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, so I've heard the song lots of times and remembered most of the lyrics, but Paglia points out that their performance of the song is very different from Joni Mitchell's recording, which I don't think I've ever heard. 

I had some friends in high school who liked to analyze songs, but after reading Paglia's  . . . well, call it a dissection, I have to say that their efforts and probably the songs they picked were pretty half- (uh) baked (yeah, that's the word) compared to this essay.  

And, even though I don't think I could analyze anywhere near as well as Camille Paglia, I do feel better about my own writing after reading hers.  I've been worrying a bit about how I'm going to get 2100 words out of one scene in a film, when she managed to write (just an estimate!) 5000 or so about a short poem. 

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Readings update

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I forgot to mention that I read all of the narratives in How to Write about Anything.  The one that made the biggest impression was the one about Peanuts (the comic strip), and that was because I've actually read the collection mentioned in the essay.  My dad has a copy -- he's a big fan, although he doesn't seem to be interested in the cartoon shows.  My favorite is It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.  I love when Sally gets hysterical over missing trick or treating.  And, of course, when Charlie Brown keeps getting a rock at every house.  I know just how he feels, even though that never happened to me.
I'm moving on to the next set of readings.  I should have something about them soon.

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I Propose . . . Something -- I'm not sure what

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Yes, I know I'm behind.  My narrative turned out okay, so I guess I'm done talking about that.  Right now, I'm working on the proposal for my big paper, the critical analysis.  I'm going to do a myth criticism analysis of Guardians of the Galaxy.  I know that I'm going to focus on Peter Quill/Star Lord, but I haven't settled on a scene yet, and I'm not sure that I know enough about myth crit.  I think I'll be looking at him in terms of a hero archetype, but which one is he?  More later.

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