“…the original title was A Failed Entertainment. The idea is that the book is structured as an entertainment that doesn’t work. Because what entertainment ultimately leads […]
failed entertainment
“It’s going to take a while, but I’m going to prove to you that the nexus where television and fiction converse and consort is self-conscious […]
“It’s undeniable that television is an example of ‘low’ art, the sort of art that tries too hard to please. Because of the economics of […]
Infinite Jest was meant to be a failed entertainment, not a potted amusement,” D.T. Max writes. “[Wallace] warned his editor [Michael Pietsch] that he wasn’t […]