My message to the graduating class

This has become a cliche as bald as Dr. Seuss’s Oh, The Places You’ll Go, but it’s still one of my favorites.free web site hit counter

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8 Responses to “My message to the graduating class”
  1. mikeyed says:
    June 14, 2008 at 4:13 am

    I hope to god I never think that George W Bush is noble…

    I remember listening to this over and over when my cousins gave me the Now Music CD that featured this semi-song when I was in middle school.

    • greyaenigma says:
      June 14, 2008 at 6:14 am

      Re: I hope to god I never think that George W Bush is noble…

      When I was a little kid, Nixon was president. Now Bush makes Clinton seem like the golden paragon of honesty.

      I don’t think I’ll have much trouble with believing the politicians of my youth were noble.

  2. rennameeks says:
    June 14, 2008 at 8:42 am

    What scares me is that the last time I heard this, I recognized the truths in it, but understand them far better now from personal perspective. Undoubtedly, the same will be even more true 10 years from now.

    I love Baz’s work, this included, cliche or otherwise. What’s your take, Mr. Alcott?

    • Todd says:
      June 14, 2008 at 9:48 am

      I like Mr. Luhrmann’s work a lot. His Romeo and Juliet (or as my friend R. Sikoryak calls it, William Shakespeare’s Romeo Plus Juliet) is one of the greatest Shakespearean adaptations of our times.

      When I say that “Sunscreen” has become a cliche I only mean that it has become old through over-use, not that I don’t get reduced to sobbing like an old woman at a funeral every time I hear it.

      • rennameeks says:
        June 14, 2008 at 8:12 pm

        I completely agree about R+J; my favorite Shakespeare adaptation of all time. Moulin Rouge surpassed it in my mind for quite some time, but upon repeated viewings, I’ve stopped comparing them so heavily and put them back at the same level of personal impact, since they are so different from each other.

        When I say that “Sunscreen” has become a cliche I only mean that it has become old through over-use, not that I don’t get reduced to sobbing like an old woman at a funeral every time I hear it.

        Yep, I know that’s how you meant it. xD I hate when pop culture picks something up and cheapens it (Green Day’s Time of Your Life, anyone?). Thankfully, the truly wonderful pieces, like Sunscreen, still retain their meaning to individuals.

  3. Anonymous says:
    June 14, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    Weirdly, it’s the second Kurt Vonnegut allusion I’ve encountered in the past couple of hours.
    –Ed.