Comments on: Liveblogging this little bit of nothing http://www.norasawyer.com/2009/04/liveblogging-this-little-bit-of-nothing/ I'm a Magpie Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:10:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nora http://www.norasawyer.com/2009/04/liveblogging-this-little-bit-of-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-695 Nora Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:03:00 +0000 http://bathtubadventurer.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/liveblogging-this-little-bit-of-nothing/#comment-695 <i>Confidential to Tom: the Bad Guy was found not guilty by reason of mental defect after intrepid detectives discovered that he had lead poisoning from having chewed on 'made in China' toy cars as a child. This apparently made him prone to bashing in skulls when frustrated.<br/><br/>The flowers died peacefully in their sleep.</i> Confidential to Tom: the Bad Guy was found not guilty by reason of mental defect after intrepid detectives discovered that he had lead poisoning from having chewed on ‘made in China’ toy cars as a child. This apparently made him prone to bashing in skulls when frustrated.

The flowers died peacefully in their sleep.

]]> By: tom http://www.norasawyer.com/2009/04/liveblogging-this-little-bit-of-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-694 tom Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:53:00 +0000 http://bathtubadventurer.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/liveblogging-this-little-bit-of-nothing/#comment-694 I concur with Momeester.<br/><br/>For me the "in the moment" quality peaks at the moment of grand suspense located in the cut from the suspect to the technician, making the petals a fortunate anticlimax, a looking back in sorrow, as it were, to the scene of the possible crime.<br/><br/>And then we're left hanging. Always a fine narrative trick. <br/><br/>(So, "off the record," WAS he in trouble? Sympathy for the Bad Guy is easily elicited in Crime Dramas like this one. Although I did catch myself asking if in addition to whatever the fingerprints may have also implicated him in, could the poor fellow have, while using being on tv as an alibi, snuck in and poisoned the flowers as well?) I concur with Momeester.

For me the “in the moment” quality peaks at the moment of grand suspense located in the cut from the suspect to the technician, making the petals a fortunate anticlimax, a looking back in sorrow, as it were, to the scene of the possible crime.

And then we’re left hanging. Always a fine narrative trick.

(So, “off the record,” WAS he in trouble? Sympathy for the Bad Guy is easily elicited in Crime Dramas like this one. Although I did catch myself asking if in addition to whatever the fingerprints may have also implicated him in, could the poor fellow have, while using being on tv as an alibi, snuck in and poisoned the flowers as well?)

]]> By: momeester http://www.norasawyer.com/2009/04/liveblogging-this-little-bit-of-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-693 momeester Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:46:00 +0000 http://bathtubadventurer.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/liveblogging-this-little-bit-of-nothing/#comment-693 This is cool. I like the in the moment quality.<br/><br/>the power is in the last line.<br/><br/>"petals on a wet black bough" This is cool. I like the in the moment quality.

the power is in the last line.

“petals on a wet black bough”

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