Film & TV The Godfather Chronological Saga

[S O F I]

^A lot of people would take a Tucker Max book over most works of Shakespeare, but that doesn't speak to the quality of the books. It speaks to the lameness of the readers.

 

[Casey]

^A lot of people would take a Tucker Max book over most works of Shakespeare, but that doesn't speak to the quality of the books. It speaks to the lameness of the readers.

I would doubt that people who read Tucker Max have read Shakespeare.

 

[S O F I]

I have.

 

[Pittsey]

Shakespeare is a bit dated.

And all the women in it are men dressed up.

 

[Casey]

I have.

Like, his actual book? Wow. I read like, two or three of his articles and found them fairly amusing, but not enough to want to read his fucking books and shit. Damn son.

Anyway it's hardly a good comparison. Tucker Max does not create fictional literary art.

Puzo and Shakespeare and Tolstoy all did. It's like comparing The Green Mile to South Park.

 

[Ristol]

Tucker Max has exactly as much literary gravitas as Mario Puzo. Casey you are a crazy person (who I happen to enjoy). SOFI you're on point as always.

 

[Casey]

/\ That is crazy. I suspect you are largely unfamiliar with his work. How many of his books have you ACTUALLY read?

*crickets chirp*

 

[Ristol]

/\ That is crazy. I suspect you are largely unfamiliar with his work. How many of his books have you ACTUALLY read?

*crickets chirp*

I read The Godfather for the first time earlier this year, on the advice of my mother who is a huge Puzo fan and whose taste I generally trust. I just don't enjoy his writing. Good storytelling is different from good writing. Also I suspect that you perhaps read it as a younger guy, and that's the difference here. But again, just a matter of taste.

 

[Casey]

How impressive that you call the man "a dogshit writer" after reading simply one of his books.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

It is a matter of opinion though. If Ristol didn't enjoy the first book he read, I'm sure he wasn't super keen to read another. Doesn't mean Puzo IS a dogshit writer, just that Ristol doesn't like his style.