The Power of the Celtics' Poor Performance

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The Celtics have lost their last two playoff series. The question is what the hell? There's something that's very weird about sports, which is you can ride the ups and downs of your team. You're happy when they win and sad when they lose. Every once in a while, you get just pure embarrassment. That's how I feel about my team.

What’s the meaning of a work of art? Does the text mean just what the author intends it to mean? Does it matter what Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark thinks about the end of 2001? Or is the artist’s interpretation just one interpretation among many once the text is out in the world? We explore the question of authorial intent, and brace yourselves - this is just about as postmodern as David gets.

Plus – do we have what it takes to get an invite to the thought criminals club?

Links

The Party is Canceled [newyorker.com]

Was I Wrong About The Irishman? by Thomas Flight [youtube.com]

Authorial Intent [wikipedia.org]