tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959286621592188397.post2877324471674998327..comments2024-02-20T07:06:18.516-05:00Comments on Brilliant Corners: "The Shadow of Kitty Genovese" by Stephen ProvizerSteve Provizerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757505876939504133noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959286621592188397.post-25037641973971876572011-04-14T14:03:27.408-04:002011-04-14T14:03:27.408-04:00Thank you, my friend-also, for your apt observatio...Thank you, my friend-also, for your apt observation about my schizophrenic styles. I have little training of the academic sort, and tend to be attracted to the low (Runyon, Hammett, etc) and the high (at least the faux high of Perelman).<br /><br />The higher style probably emerges when I get up on my high horse about something (as in this piece). The lower, and perhaps more readable style, emerges when I just breeze along.Steve Provizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757505876939504133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959286621592188397.post-53715533692219747072011-04-14T13:37:51.357-04:002011-04-14T13:37:51.357-04:00Amen, Brother Pro! Interesting connections leading...Amen, Brother Pro! Interesting connections leading your argument, Genovese to Fatigue to... what, Stupidity maybe? Political masochism? Well, we know who the Sadists are, and who the saddest soon will be--"divided and well down the road to being conquered" indeed. Oh, and the pie chart is a hoot... er... the cat's meow.<br /><br />I do have a separate observation (not a complaint or criticism!): your Monk review embraces straightforward, conversational language, while your posts that get sociological or philosophical acquire a different "sound" more in keeping with academic argument. Does this reflect your training? career? a conscious stylistic choice? Almost seems there are two distinct Steves writing your blog--which is fine, gives us more for the money (even if you're not collecting any).IWitnessEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312808828448124509noreply@blogger.com