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terynce 's review for:
SCUM Manifesto
by Valerie Solanas
I found the manifesto itself much more appealing than the introduction -- in fact, I'd go so far as to say it should stand alone without introduction. I don't know much about the background of Solanas, beyond a conversation or two and the intro, but I choose to read the manifesto as satire. Read that way, I found myself laughing, well, chuckling internally from time to time. Afterall, nothing is *just* satire.
The intro left me cold. It struck me as someone that looks at a piece of art and waxes poetically about what it meant to the artist, to society as a whole, the intention and considerations behind it, explores every choice and decision -- without having met the artist. I don't know if that's the case for Ronell and Solanas and I certainly defer to those that know more.
Incidentally, at what point does something cease being an individual, isolated act and become indicative of a larger narrative? Repudiation of oppression in society or attempted murder?
The intro left me cold. It struck me as someone that looks at a piece of art and waxes poetically about what it meant to the artist, to society as a whole, the intention and considerations behind it, explores every choice and decision -- without having met the artist. I don't know if that's the case for Ronell and Solanas and I certainly defer to those that know more.
Incidentally, at what point does something cease being an individual, isolated act and become indicative of a larger narrative? Repudiation of oppression in society or attempted murder?