The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #76197   Message #1349209
Posted By: WFDU - Ron Olesko
06-Dec-04 - 04:56 PM
Thread Name: Dylan on 60 Minutes
Subject: RE: Dylan on 60 Minutes
Please guest, you give me too much credit for calling me a Dylan Devotee.

Yes, I saw the interview. It wasn't anything great. Bradley asked some pretty silly questions and I don't blame Dylan for his answers. Never have. He used the press, just like the press used him. It was a mutual "jerking of people's chains".

Nobody is saying you shouldn't criticize, but misguided criticism is a waste of time. If you read some of these comments, people are complaining for things he did NOT say. Dylan is what he is. Nothing more. You make claims that Dylan has lied and misrepresented himself and others.   If he was asked THOSE questions, perhaps your criticim owuld have some validity. Instead he was asked boring, mundane questions. Do we really care how long it took to write "Blowing in the Wind"? Is it necessary for him to give those kind of answers? Why do we EXPECT people to answer questions like that?

Likewise, if someone defends Dylan, you should not jump over the messenger. Just make a stronger case to defend your points - or at least have a point to make. Give us examples, not rhetoric.