Word: trivialization
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...more casual comix readers a bit confused, particularly if they live outside the U.K. But the parts of the book you could call "criticism," including a history of the graphic novel, are refreshingly opinionated. In between Campbell includes personal anecdotes of things both vastly important (marriage, birth) or utterly trivial, but memorable for their own sake (watermelon-sized holes in the curtains). Ultimately it reads with the voice of a friend sitting at the bar after his fifth pint, though admittedly this has its rambling downside as well...
...have a bias in favor of thinking that small and sometimes seemingly trivial human events influence history in big ways. But, no, the White House's conspicuous snub of Jeffords by not inviting him to that event honoring a Vermont teacher did not trigger his bolting the party. But it did suggest that Bush's "compassionate conservativism" was just pollster-driven rhetoric, and that his talk about reaching across party lines was just talk. Heck, he couldn't even reach within his own party. So now Bush has indeed proved to be a "uniter, not a divider" - he's united...
...libs" in the "Road" movies, these were doubtless carefully devised by Bing and his writing team. But the point was never that the gags should be spontaneous; it was that they should seem spontaneous - the little inspiration that springs from conviviality, a modernist, ironic commentary on trivial proceedings, a way to keep the performers fresh and make the audience believe they were in on a verbal jam session - improvs that achieve a casual perfection. And that's Bing...
...years ago, when he became CEO of then beleaguered IBM. "The last thing IBM needs is a vision," he said, playing up the company's immediate ills. President Bush--the first one--famously lamented voters' focus on "the vision thing." Bill Gates once said that "being a visionary is trivial." Ahem. Wall Street begs to differ. In the post-bubble slowdown, investors can't get enough vision from decision makers. In fact, in many cases they can't get any. And that's the problem...
...consider these vignettes "American Splendor"'s greatest contribution to comix. The daring of putting ordinary, "dull" events into comic form, simultaneously elevates the mundane, and challenges the audience with what it means to be a comic. It's almost thrilling. If comics can handle a story about something as trivial as misplacing your keys, for example, they can handle anything. And why shouldn't there be a comic about misplaced keys? That's my life...