From: Olgy Gary <omgary>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 10:02:15 -0600

> BUT--Madonna's come a long way in her own life and her
> words/stories have to make it with us--or not--on their own.
> I can't help thinking of being delighted with the words of O
> Henry's "Gift of the Magi" or "Ransom of Red Chief".
> In his own "real" life, he'd embezzled bank funds and been
> jailed. His WORDS and stories were pure?

Wow. Didn't know that. So then it's more of an "ignorance is bliss" state of mind? Or the fact that O.Henry as a person is not in our present day collective awareness that allows O.Henry to fly under the radar and we then only look at the message and not the messenger? Can we still do that today when the messengers and their antics are all over the news and "in our face" constantly? Hhhhmmmm. Thanks for sharing this perspective. It's thought-provoking.

Olgy
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