Every month more than 200 people from the media, academia and other intellectual circles are invited to a private hangout in New York City. There are two rules: You have to be willing to break bread with people who have been socially ostracized or as the attendees would say, quote unquote, cancelled. The second rule of the gatherings is that Pamela has to like you.
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]
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