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Post by Isadora on Feb 21, 2010 16:38:26 GMT -5
Who else thinks that the new laughing style Count Olaf and Esme adopt in TGG is absolutely hilarious? My personal favorite is Esme's, "Giggle giggle glandular problems." ;D
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Post by Christmas Chief on Feb 21, 2010 17:19:58 GMT -5
I kind of thought it was a little irritating. A lot of Olaf's diolouge is replaced with it, and while it's tolerable, funny even, in the beginning, it seems sort of worn out by the end. However, I did like some of the laughter quotes, and I also enjoyed the audiobook version of it.
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Post by Dante on Feb 21, 2010 17:20:47 GMT -5
It's interesting that you liked it; for a lot of people it was the low point of the book. I think Handler would view it as a victory if people were annoyed by it as much as if they were amused by it, though.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Feb 21, 2010 17:27:04 GMT -5
I liked it, mostly. I just think it was overused. I'm not sure what Handler's intent was, or if it was some sort of plot device, but it seemed as if a lot of it was just rambling.
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Post by Cafe SalMONAlla on Feb 22, 2010 2:04:50 GMT -5
Yes, it was sort of rambling. Overall, I liked it, but it became quite annoying after some time, which may have been Handler's intention. Speaking of which, an associate of mine invented "Ha Ha Handler". That also got annoying.
I suppose I didn't mind it, all in all, but it was rather pointless. However, I’ve always thought that TGG is the weirdest book in ASoUE – so the laughter fits perfectly into it.
With all due respect.
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Post by Isadora on Feb 22, 2010 7:30:50 GMT -5
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Post by Wasabi on Jan 10, 2011 6:33:06 GMT -5
Well do remember, everyone, that Snicket is trying to stop you from reading his books. So the more annoying he can be, the better. I mean, there was some other time, I'm not entirely sure what word it was, could have been "very", but he repeated it all on one page. So you see, he could be doing it for your amusement, or to stop you reading entirely.
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Post by Dante on Jan 10, 2011 10:47:17 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure that, in the case of the laugh, it's a bit of both. It's meant to be funny, but also annoying, and funny because it's annoying.
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Post by Invisible on Jan 10, 2011 13:06:25 GMT -5
I agree with Dante. On the audiotape, it just sounds weird, though XD
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jan 10, 2011 19:51:51 GMT -5
Well do remember, everyone, that Snicket is trying to stop you from reading his books. So the more annoying he can be, the better. I mean, there was some other time, I'm not entirely sure what word it was, could have been "very", but he repeated it all on one page. So you see, he could be doing it for your amusement, or to stop you reading entirely. I think the word your thinking of is "ever" on page 154 of TRR. I'd never thought of that as being something to make his readers stop reading, but now that I do, I realize it's an excellent parallel. I agree with Dante. On the audiotape, it just sounds weird, though XD Do you think so? One of my favorite parts of the audiobook/tape was Olaf's laugh. |
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Post by Wasabi on Jan 11, 2011 15:27:20 GMT -5
I agree with Dante. On the audiotape, it just sounds weird, though XD Is it better getting the book or the audio? Or reading along with the audio? I think the second option would get confusing. |
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Post by Dante on Jan 11, 2011 15:51:52 GMT -5
If you're going on a long car journey or something like that, an audiobook might be just the ticket. But I'm not really sold on them. The market for audiobooks is pretty niche, I think? I remember an author once trying to bust this trend by having the audiobook edition of their much-anticipated next release released some time before the physical release.
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Post by allegedly bryan on Jan 11, 2011 18:49:48 GMT -5
Well do remember, everyone, that Snicket is trying to stop you from reading his books. So the more annoying he can be, the better. I mean, there was some other time, I'm not entirely sure what word it was, could have been "very", but he repeated it all on one page. So you see, he could be doing it for your amusement, or to stop you reading entirely. When it says never ever (repeated for a page) curse, it also might have been so none of the parents could complain about "blatantly cursing in a children's novel" or something like that |
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jan 11, 2011 20:16:51 GMT -5
I agree with Dante. On the audiotape, it just sounds weird, though XD Is it better getting the book or the audio? Or reading along with the audio? I think the second option would get confusing. Not really. I acquired the TGG audiobook by mistake (a rather long story), and have listened to it so many times that whenever I read it the voice in my head is the voice on the audiobook. It isn't necessarily better on audio, but if you're multitasking it can be pretty helpful. Well do remember, everyone, that Snicket is trying to stop you from reading his books. So the more annoying he can be, the better. I mean, there was some other time, I'm not entirely sure what word it was, could have been "very", but he repeated it all on one page. So you see, he could be doing it for your amusement, or to stop you reading entirely. When it says never ever (repeated for a page) curse, it also might have been so none of the parents could complain about "blatantly cursing in a children's novel" or something like that Not quite. TRR says you should never ever ever etc. fiddle around with electrical devices; the only actual cursing in the books (or indeed the series, I think) gets far less attention. Just a sentence about how it's very very rude and usually unnecessary to use profanity. |
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Post by allegedly bryan on Jan 11, 2011 21:12:21 GMT -5
Not quite. TRR says you should never ever ever etc. fiddle around with electrical devices; the only actual cursing in the books (or indeed the series, I think) gets far less attention. Just a sentence about how it's very very rude and usually unnecessary to use profanity. Oh my bad. I thought it was in reference to the cursing |
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