Comments on: Southern Surveillance and Seaguy http://prettyfakes.com/2006/02/surveillance-southern-communities-and-seaguy/ Pouring bourbon on the line that separates art from trash. And then? Setting it on fire. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:51:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: PrettyFakes » Blog Archive » Signs and Signals http://prettyfakes.com/2006/02/surveillance-southern-communities-and-seaguy/comment-page-1/#comment-3974 PrettyFakes » Blog Archive » Signs and Signals Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:16:05 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=549#comment-3974 [...] felt the strongest neurotic compulsion to be around her kid all the time, which is to say, my mom. Greg was a swell guy, cool without being stereotypical-youth-minister-extreme-awesome-dude cool, easy to ta [...] [...] felt the strongest neurotic compulsion to be around her kid all the time, which is to say, my mom. Greg was a swell guy, cool without being stereotypical-youth-minister-extreme-awesome-dude cool, easy to ta [...]

]]> By: Professor Fury http://prettyfakes.com/2006/02/surveillance-southern-communities-and-seaguy/comment-page-1/#comment-3847 Professor Fury Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:43:57 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=549#comment-3847 Well, I really didn't like <i>Seaguy</i> the first time through, either--it was only upon a recent re-reading that I really felt like it clicked with me. And I can't take much credit for the private/public insights--I'm just running with the ball that I stole from Percy (easy, since he's dead and all). That's a good question in connects to <i>J4C</i>--some of the character's (and -rs') transformations are clearly chosen, are pragmatic and deliberate; others, however, seem less voluntary, and one of the book's (many, many) strengths is definitely in exploring that tension... Well, I really didn’t like Seaguy the first time through, either—it was only upon a recent re-reading that I really felt like it clicked with me. And I can’t take much credit for the private/public insights—I’m just running with the ball that I stole from Percy (easy, since he’s dead and all). That’s a good question in connects to J4C—some of the character’s (and -rs’) transformations are clearly chosen, are pragmatic and deliberate; others, however, seem less voluntary, and one of the book’s (many, many) strengths is definitely in exploring that tension…

]]> By: gorjus http://prettyfakes.com/2006/02/surveillance-southern-communities-and-seaguy/comment-page-1/#comment-3843 gorjus Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:32:33 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=549#comment-3843 I adore this essay much more than the actual comic. <em>Seaguy</em>--with its Government + Disney = "Mickey Eye" (complete with "friendly" multi-cultural nametags on their flak jackets) and assigned, interchangeable sidekicks--felt more like an exercise of <em>Filth</em>-muscles that Uncle Grant no longer gets to use than an engaging commentary on modern society (I think that <em>Sebastian O</em> may have stumbled in the same way for me--although then it was his Victorian muscles he was stretching, one supposes). However, I've never thought about the Southern interaction of the public and private before, and that's where you just blow me away. I'm also thinking this edges into <em>Jujitsu for Christ</em>--how our lead character seems to change in the context of what family he is with, and who he is around. Is that mutability a commentary on white folks at the time or just how we all get when we're around our parents, the slight sacrifices of self-identity we make (or choose) in order to get along best? I adore this essay much more than the actual comic. Seaguy—with its Government + Disney = “Mickey Eye” (complete with “friendly” multi-cultural nametags on their flak jackets) and assigned, interchangeable sidekicks—felt more like an exercise of Filthmuscles that Uncle Grant no longer gets to use than an engaging commentary on modern society (I think that Sebastian O may have stumbled in the same way for me-although then it was his Victorian muscles he was stretching, one supposes).

However, I’ve never thought about the Southern interaction of the public and private before, and that’s where you just blow me away. I’m also thinking this edges into Jujitsu for Christ—how our lead character seems to change in the context of what family he is with, and who he is around. Is that mutability a commentary on white folks at the time or just how we all get when we’re around our parents, the slight sacrifices of self-identity we make (or choose) in order to get along best?

]]> By: Jim Roeg http://prettyfakes.com/2006/02/surveillance-southern-communities-and-seaguy/comment-page-1/#comment-3842 Jim Roeg Sun, 05 Feb 2006 19:11:53 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=549#comment-3842 Scary times, indeed. Brilliant article, Professor. I share your doubts about the practicality of Bhabha's wait-for-subversion politics, and this is a great lens to put on Seaguy--a comic whose "progressive sentimentalism" is like mana to my inner geek, for better or worse! :) Scary times, indeed. Brilliant article, Professor. I share your doubts about the practicality of Bhabha’s wait-for-subversion politics, and this is a great lens to put on Seaguy—a comic whose “progressive sentimentalism” is like mana to my inner geek, for better or worse! :)

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