{"id":18573,"date":"2011-07-22T09:26:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T13:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=18573"},"modified":"2011-07-22T13:29:40","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T17:29:40","slug":"larry-david-humor-fairies-and-mushrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/22\/larry-david-humor-fairies-and-mushrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry David Humor; Fairies and Mushrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boyreadingnedanshutzsmall2-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boyreadingnedanshutzsmall2-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boyreadingnedanshutzsmall2.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><em>I&#8217;m a huge <\/em>Curb Your Enthusiasm<em> fan and totally addicted to Larry David\u2019s brand of car-wreck-that-I-can&#8217;t-stop-watching humor. I was wondering: can you think of a book that induces the same cringe-worthy yet high-inducing experience? \u2014Hannah, NYC<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That, Hannah, I can tell you in two words: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/After-Claude-Review-Books-Classics\/dp\/1590173635\">After Claude<\/a><\/em>. While I can\u2019t pretend Iris Owens\u2019s 1973 novel of a humilating New York summer is great all the way through, the first two-thirds are so great, and so cringe-inducing that I\u2019d be remiss not to bring it up. And given that it takes place during a particularly blistering heatwave, anyone on the eastern seaboard will be able to relate all too well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you believe that when a circle of mushrooms spring up around a tree, it\u2019s proof that a fairy lived and died there? \u2014Kim<br \/> <\/em><br \/> Yes.<\/p>\n<p><em>I broke up with my boyfriend and he told me I was never going to love anybody because I\u2019m Blanche Dubois (!). I\u2019m really upset, but primarily because he meant it to be insulting. I can\u2019t help but identify with a desire for incessant fantasy\u2014does that make me a bad person? Or more pointedly, which character can I accuse him of being? \u2014NOT Stella<br \/> <\/em><br \/> Well, without knowing the specifics of the case, it\u2019s hard to know what would be especially apt (or, for that matter, especially cutting). I know one friend who was really insulted to be compared to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Razors-Penguin-Twentieth-Century-Classics\/dp\/0140185232\">The Razor\u2019s Edge<\/a><\/em>\u2019s Elliott Templeton. I once called someone an <a href=\"http:\/\/krugman.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/09\/23\/im-ellsworth-toohey\/\">Ellsworth Toohey<\/a>, which has the added sting of invoking Ayn Rand. But as to all-purpose digs? Well, I can\u2019t imagine anyone would be thrilled to be likened to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uriah_Heep\">Uriah Heep<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As to your other question: craving escape through fantasy certainly doesn\u2019t make you a bad person, just human. And if you have a tendency to retreat too much from reality, well, being aware of it is probably a good sign, no? But as a general rule, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a good idea to put too much stock in anything said in the heat of a break-up\u2014particularly when literal drama is invoked.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have a question for <\/em>The Paris Review<em>?<a href=\"mailto:advice@theparisreview.org\"> E-mail<\/a> us.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a huge Curb Your Enthusiasm fan and totally addicted to Larry David\u2019s brand of car-wreck-that-I-can&#8217;t-stop-watching humor. 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