November 22, 2004

The Impertinent Malice of Mediocrity

The type of people finding their way to this blog -- or writing such blogs of their own -- might remark, of The Incredibles, that there are two things they disliked about the movie:

1. That one line of advice: "Don't think." Ugh.

2. The bit at the end, where the kid has to hold back, hide his super-speed as he competes in a footrace.

Okay, I'll give you both.

But here's composer Richard Halley, explaining to Dagny Taggart why he refuses to publish any more of his music: "I saw the impertinent malice of mediocrity boastfully holding up its own emptiness as an abyss to be filled by the bodies of its betters --"

And that's what I liked about The Incredibles.

Posted by Craig Ceely at November 22, 2004 12:06 AM
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