[Frameworks] Please help

[Adam Hyman]

What?  A community includes humor; that is one of the things that makes it a
community.  True, irony & sarcasm are often lost in email & on websites, and
maybe you are being ironic or sarcastic in your reply (and the previous
person with a similar note), but I strongly feel that it is OK to have one
thread with some humor that goes on for a couple of days!  So, Elizabeth,
Simonetta, and Fred, I personally disagree with you on this one.

And I think that this is in no way a hoax, since the original post wasn¹t
trying to ³pull over² anything on anyone.  It was obviously a joke.
In a day or two this thread too will pass, and we can return to an email
group consisting of nothing but deathly earnestness and seriousness.

(And for a bit of insight as to why the original wasn¹t a hoax ­ Kenneth
Anger is still alive in corporeal form in Los Angeles.  And of course, the
signature at the end for money was to David.   A parody of notes that all of
you have seen.)

My two cents and best regards to all,

Adam

On 7/25/12 1:53 PM, "elizabeth mcmahon" <elizmcmahon at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm with Fred. Please cease and desist on Frameworks and if you must, set up
> your own experimental hoax humor listserv.
>  
> Thanks,
> Elizabeth
>> 
>>   From: Tim Halloran <televisual at hotmail.com>
>>  To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
>> Cc: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
>>  Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 2:50 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Please help
>>   
>>  
>> Yawn. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Jul 25, 2012, at 10:56 AM, "Alex" <alex.mccarron at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> > Fred, thank you for pointing out that this is a hoax. I have a rare
>>> vitamin deficiency that affects some of my cognitive functions and my
>>> ability to process visual information called Iron-y Blindness and you can
>>> only imagine how difficult it is to be a fan of experimental films and
>>> indeed engage in intellectual conversation in general without being able to
>>> get jokes.
>>> > 
>>> > So rare and made up is my illness that there are no foundations currently
>>> funding research for a cure and I've had to start my own. So far no one has
>>> been taking me seriously (which I find offensive because I am forced by
>>> nature to always be serious) and I am left alone in this world constantly
>>> writing out checks to bring Ken Anger back to corporeality.
>>> > 
>>> > I'm glad to find someone willing to stand up for people like me and I was
>>> wondering if you would interested in sending me a large sum of money so that
>>> I may develop a sense of humor and stop falling victim to these schoolyard
>>> bullies on the internet.
>>> > 
>>> > Always,
>>> > Alexander
>>> > 
>>> > On Jul 25, 2012, at 1:15 PM, "Fred Camper" <f at fredcamper.com> wrote:
>>> > 
>>>> >> David,
>>>> >> 
>>>> >> Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but I really dislike hoaxes that
>>>> attempt
>>>> >> humor on lists such as FrameWorks. First of all, some almost always take
>>>> >> them seriously, as has apparently already happened at least once.
>>>> Second,
>>>> >> life is too short for such "creativity." I trust I'm not the only one
>>>> >> among the many hundreds on this list who do not appreciate seeing all
>>>> >> these meaningless emails. Finally, this particular hoax seems to me to
be
>>>> >> insulting to the work of a genuinely great filmmaker. Hell, you even
>>>> >> misspelled Crowley's first name.
>>>> >> 
>>>> >> Fred Camper
>>>> >> Chicago

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