Monday, April 1, 2013

Notes on a Kitchen Table Critique


I like the use of strikethrough in the notes. I can’t tell whether the note is from the girlfriend or the mother. Because the talk of the girlfriend at the end both implies it is her and it isn’t: the mother probably would not be too concerned how Danny responded to the girlfriend (unless she was the one good influence in his life or something) and the girlfriend would probably not mention texting him, and if she did, she wouldn’t need him to fill out the flowchart if she could just talk to him, except for the hint in the note that that makes him feel trapped. I think more should be added to clear up this confusion.  I think the use of the diagrams could be used for more commentary, especially if it’s the mother or a motherly girlfriend- something that makes a loop like “Do you eat lunch -> You should eat lunch, it’s bad not toà What do you eat for lunch?” I like the idea of him forced to be doing something because of the flowchart, but this is incompatible because he found it after his day was over. I’m confused what’s happening in the opening of the largest diagram bubble, but love the line “You’re distilled.” It has more meaning than “You’re fermented” (though I like that too) and that could be explored more. I’m not sure what the implication is that the last answer is not indicated. 

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