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Hop on Pop: A Realtime Analysis Part 3 Well. I immediately let this little series die. Nothing else seems to be going on, so I may as well get back into the swing of things. SWING THING. THING SWING. Geisel may just be getting to me. I'll admit, I've been having dreams about this work. It's become my own personal House of Leaves, my own Finnegan's Wake. I'll tear those dreams apart using the Jungian method on my own time; for now, we get back into the work. ALL BALL We all play ball. Play implies a game, yet the exact type of ball, both the ball game being played and the type of ball being...Read more
Hop on Pop: A Realtime Analysis Part 2 In our last venture we explored the strange spatial reality Geisel created with his use of a grotesque dogbeast and its varying sizes. A regret I have, besides a point discussed in the comments of my previous post, is that I did not put enough stock into the words themselves and focused entirely on the visuals. In a way, I was transformed into a member of the target audience. Babbling, focused on the colorful images rather than properly absorbing and deconstructing the words before me. I'll endeavor to do better this time and accept any and all flogging I have ...Read more
Hop on Pop: A Realtime Analysis Hop on Pop, authored by one Theodor Geisel, is a children's classic. Its monosyllabic nature and wayward, meandering plot make it perfect reading material for those with minds of a similar consistency to a mudslide and with attention spans distracted as quick as also a mudslide. Of course, no piece of children's entertainment can exist without some dark purpose looming over it; one only need type "analog horror cartoon scary real -mlp" into their search engine of choice to be assured of that. With this in mind, I intend to deconstruct Geisel's writing to uncover whatever...Read more