{"id":32242,"date":"2012-05-24T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=32242"},"modified":"2019-01-14T14:40:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T19:40:57","slug":"great-gatsby-great-casting-commas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/24\/great-gatsby-great-casting-commas\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Great Gatsby<\/em>, Great Casting, Commas"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Electric Literature\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/recommendedreading.tumblr.com\/\">Required Reading<\/a> kicks off with a Ben Marcus story and accompanying animation.<\/li>\n<li>Your new favorite time waster:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tothepoint.co.uk\/more\/fun\/shoot_the_serif\/\"> I Shot the Serif.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2012\/05\/exclusive-galifianakis-plays-ignatius-in-dunces.html\">Zach Galifianakis is Ignatius J. Reilly.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/05\/21\/the-most-comma-mistakes\/\">Most comma mistakes. <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-tls.co.uk\/tls\/public\/article1039732.ece\">Zelda draws Scott.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Speaking of, the first glimpse of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/online\/oscars\/2012\/05\/the-great-gatsby-trailer-baz-luhrmann-leonardo-dicaprio-carey-mulligan-backlash\">Baz Luhrmann\u2019s <em>Great Gatsby<\/em> trailer<\/a> elicits \u2026 <em>strong <\/em>emotions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electric Literature\u2019s Required Reading kicks off with a Ben Marcus story and accompanying animation. Your new favorite time waster: I Shot the Serif. Zach Galifianakis is Ignatius J. Reilly. Most comma mistakes. Zelda draws Scott. 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