Nothing and Some More

Make 'em Laugh...
I was watching Singing in the Rain. Again.

The KC story makes me wonder about fiction and weblogs. The part that ennoys me is that writing fiction about Death and fight against cancer is quite risky because people will empathize (read Randall: I lost my mother to cancer when i was two years old. i lost other relatives to cancer. i lost my father to cancer in early 1999. the pain of it was still fresh. of course i felt compassion for her. who wouldn't?). I'm not sure of the role of tragedy in fiction, but at least in my view, fiction is not supposed to be hurting people; although the frontier is thin between hurting people feeling and making people think about something different.

On the other hand, it is true that one of the main reasons to masquerade fiction as reality is to "manipulate" readers/viewers : you don't react the same by watching someone get killed on CNN, in an NRA ad or in Sunset Beach. But I'm not sure there is a message in KC story (except for the usual Trust no one)

Was the KC hoax an elaborated fiction, just like Evan Chan?

What is the Wu Ming Fundation ?

What is Live Journal ?

I've seen You can count on me and I liked the way the priest talked in it. Maybe the Pope should watch it. The director plays the priest.

Sleep, I want you to sleep. (read the FAQ or IJCEH)