USA: Poetry Episode Brother Antoninus and Michael McClure
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Depicts Michael McClure, an experimental poet who has written in many styles, and Brother Antonius, a Dominican lay brother who is distinquished as a poet because of his unique combination of poetry reading and dramatic encounters with his audiences.
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Rest or roar in peace.
I've seen most of these, and Brother Antonius is by far the most compelling. He "tells" instead of shows. He's not trying to show-off his poetry, he's speaking clearly as to what he thinks poetry does, "an x-factor that reveals *something*, and moves unerringly toward it." Making the poem the thing itself capable of agency. The poet is just there to usher the poem to where it's trying to go. He reminds me of "stand-up tragedian" Brother Theodore, who was non-denominational as far as I'm aware.
A perfect pairing, despite and because of their apparent contrasts.
8:45 Why the fuck does he have to read that from a book?
mcclure and his hipster friend come off posed and small-minded here.
ginsberg really was poisonous for a lot of the people he influenced. you can hear a childish imitation of the worse parts of his career in mcclure.
he reminds me of a lot of the trust-funded artists here in nyc. because of how bold he is in doing totally pointless and useless bullshit.
Most poetry scenes are full of posers and small-minded people.
The Talking Heads had great advice: Stop Making Sense. McClure's book "Scratching the Beat Surface" is a brilliant exploration of the poetic process, not just his. One of my favorire reads that i've returned to many times over the years.
McClure shows in this film how to be a complete idiot. Now I'll read his poetry with this knowledge in mind.
Stick to Octavio Paz and spare us
Jeezus did he get paid to write "poetry"?
It was very disturbing to see him screaming at that poor caged lion!
That pissed me off. He should have been charged w animal abuse. What an idiot
What the hell? It took him 6 wks to come down (Ginsburg "diagnosed" him w anxiety) and in the same breath says he swore off hallucinogens but tried it once again. Its not mandatory but perhaps he wanted to be cool. Sacrifice sanity for vanity. I hope you are cool now wherever u are. Rip
I'm surprised to see so many people shitting on McClure in the comments. Like, how the fuck did you get here if you don't like him?
Brother Antoninus fanboys
@@BNardolilli lmao
McClure definitely doesn't age well in this video. I mean, the merits of his work seem obscured by the fashions of the moment.
just forget about them... happy to be here with you