The James Frey debate continues...
Here's the link Mister Weisbecker forwarded me after receiving my e-mail. It outlines his feelings regarding James Frey and his book 'A Million Little Pieces'. Please check it out:
http://www.aweisbecker.com/contents/cygawa/excerpt_061606.shtml
Here is my response:
Just read it... And you know what? I get most of what you're saying. I do. But here's where I absolutely disagree with you. You say that his book is a crock of non-fiction shit and that nothing happened the way he wrote it. Well, he was an addict right? And to nail what it's like to be an addict and what it's like to get clean and stay clean leads me to believe that there is a fundamental element of truth to what he wrote. IT'S WHAT ADDICTS GO THROUGH! So when Frey says over and over that he stands behind the essential truth of his book he ain't lying dude. Because the essential truth is that he was/is a drug addict. And that's all he's saying. Yes, he could have handled it differently. Yes, he could have come clean in the beginning. Yes, he lied.
Call the fucking newspapers a writer lied.
What I still really don't get is why you take this all so personally? It's seems like a giant waste of your time and energy to me.
And that line about sending him a bottle of rum and a vial of painkillers to get him started? Petty and immature. Makes you sound like a cynical and bitter old man.
Convince me otherwise, 'cause I'm losing faith Alan. I have passed on Zero to many friends. I have read it numerous times. I have defended it's 'perfection' and how everything always seems to work out. I always give it the benefit of the doubt. And even if you made some shit up, even if you embellished to help the story, it's still a great book. I don't believe you did, btw.
Cut Mister Frey some slack. He's a human being just like you and me. He was/is also an addict, which is about as shitty as it gets.
http://www.aweisbecker.com/contents/cygawa/excerpt_061606.shtml
Here is my response:
Just read it... And you know what? I get most of what you're saying. I do. But here's where I absolutely disagree with you. You say that his book is a crock of non-fiction shit and that nothing happened the way he wrote it. Well, he was an addict right? And to nail what it's like to be an addict and what it's like to get clean and stay clean leads me to believe that there is a fundamental element of truth to what he wrote. IT'S WHAT ADDICTS GO THROUGH! So when Frey says over and over that he stands behind the essential truth of his book he ain't lying dude. Because the essential truth is that he was/is a drug addict. And that's all he's saying. Yes, he could have handled it differently. Yes, he could have come clean in the beginning. Yes, he lied.
Call the fucking newspapers a writer lied.
What I still really don't get is why you take this all so personally? It's seems like a giant waste of your time and energy to me.
And that line about sending him a bottle of rum and a vial of painkillers to get him started? Petty and immature. Makes you sound like a cynical and bitter old man.
Convince me otherwise, 'cause I'm losing faith Alan. I have passed on Zero to many friends. I have read it numerous times. I have defended it's 'perfection' and how everything always seems to work out. I always give it the benefit of the doubt. And even if you made some shit up, even if you embellished to help the story, it's still a great book. I don't believe you did, btw.
Cut Mister Frey some slack. He's a human being just like you and me. He was/is also an addict, which is about as shitty as it gets.
posted by C. A. Jackson at 12:19 PM
2 Comments:
Word.
Captain Zero is scrubbed clean of any unconvenience (save those that add to the glamour) and has an air of holier-than-thou to it. He's defending and concealing his own sore spots by seeming so opposed to their cause. Shrinks call that 'Projecting'. ME? AN EMBELLISHER? I'LL SHOW YOU HOW MUCH I HATE EMBELLISHERS!! JUST WATCH! THEN THERE WILL BE NO QUESTION! I'M OBVIOUSLY NOT ONE!
I'M NOT!
INconvenience, I meant.
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