Episode #206 “The
Other Side of Others”
Sponsor: City Winery, New York
Logline: The dustbins of history are filled with conflicts born out of blaming
others for one’s misfortune: David Margolick, Jon Ronson, Jane Green.
Whether scapegoats or martyrs, the dustbins of
history are filled with conflicts born out of blaming others for one’s
misfortune. The history of Others is also the history of acceptance and
differences. Why are we so determined to exclude those who do not resemble us?
Punish moral dissents? Or turn a blind eye on those who fall prey to society’s ever
increasingly disregard?
David Margolick, “Dreadful: The
Short life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns” portrays the once-celebrated
largely forgotten author of what’s arguably the first great gay novel in
American literature. “Dreadful” retraces the breathtaking rise of a writer
hailed as a worthy successor of Hemingway, John Dos Passos, only to vanish as
quickly as he appeared, in just six years.
Jane Green, “Saving Grace”
is about Grace Chapman who lives comfortably with her husband, bestselling
author Ted, in picture-perfect farmhouse, until Ted hires the young Beth, who
quickly threatened Beth’s marriage. Losing her center, Grace falls into a
whirlpool of paranoia and psychotic drugs, as she is misdiagnosed with mental
illness.
Jon Ronson, “So You’ve Been
Publicly Shamed,” investigates the world of public shaming, where social media
has made everyone a vigilante and where a poorly phrased tweet or comment can
catapult a person to Public Enemy No 1 overnight. Ronson follows up with those
whose lives have been left in tatters and questions those being most cruel in
the anonymous internet playground.
Look forward to your feeback, The Books du Jour Team
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