Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by Scraps.
Categories: Words, Comedy, Old Posts.
Also, and I don't know a gentler way of saying this, B.R. Myers is not the writer Mark Twain was. --rbr on the Well
A few gentler ways of saying Myers isn't the writer that Twain was:
1: Myers isn't the writer Twain was. (But then, who is?)
2: Myers, while a fine writer in many ways, is not the towering giant of literature that Twain was.
3: Twain -- and I don't want to overstate this, because after all Myers is young and history may judge him kindly -- was a great writer, of course, while Myers has yet to establish his possible greatness.
4: Without wishing to dismiss your comparison out of hand, or discount its relevance to the argument, I think it's worth pointing out that Twain is a great writer, and Myers is, perhaps, slightly less than great.
5: I appreciate your point regarding Mark Twain; thank you for bringing it to the table. It certainly can be said that Mark Twain's famous attack on Cooper is similar in some ways to the BR Myers piece. We would be remiss not to acknowledge that. However, I think that it is also worth noting that Mark Twain is a great writer, and that his stylistic and rhetorical skills may have much to do with the success of his Cooper piece; while Myers, though able and worthy, lacks some of Twain's vigor, concision, and insight.
6: Myers isn't the writer Twain was, IMHO.
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