Taylor Mali at a Def Poetry Jam talking about talking, about talking like you mean it, like you know what you’re talking about, like you are not making a joke or asking a question.
Money quote:
“As society just becomes so filled with these conflicting feelings of ngggggh, that we’ve just gotten to the point where we’re the most aggressively inarticulate generation to come along, since, you know, a long time ago.”
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3 responses so far ↓
Rosemary // Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 10:41
Oh goodness. Great money quote! How stupid can one be? And he’s speaking about innarticulation? lol
Rosemary's Thoughts // Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 10:46
time out…
i cannot type very well, because i now have something wrong with my right hand. if you could, would you please give my readers something really good to read? Debbie, how about that 8th chapter (unless you’ve already written the 9th chapter, of…
Wolf Pangloss // Friday, May 30, 2008 at 06:21
This is the poetry of irony, where he demonstrates in his rant that at which he rants. I think it is intentional.
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