January 29, 2006
The Inspiring, Amazing Story of The Great Zucchini - The strange secrets of humor, fear and a guy who makes big money making little people laugh.
This is, quite seriously, one of the best newspaper articles I've read. Be sure to also read the fractious, enlightening online chat session with the author on the journalistic ethics of the piece and reactions to the article from the subject and his friends.
Is what you're thinking about largely to do with your career choice?
Also: what the hell did they do with the pagination? I'm hitting the link to page five thinking, "okay, interesting, whatever" then all of the sudden there's 75% of the article on the last page. Cripes.
They answer why the pagination sucks during the chat. Answer: the pagination system sucks.
The pagination system worked for me the same as it did for the guy in the chat -- I was reading along, thinking the article would wind to a close, and then it took that sharp left turn at the jump to page 5. Really made the experience more intense. Was anyone else reminded of the movie Adaptation?
I didn't understand what you meant when you said "pagination"... until I got to page 5 and noticed that I had to keep scrolling down.
Why did I have to start reading this at 3:00 am?
I second mrflip, I thought the pagination was intentional.
adaptation is a good example, but i kinda of think of From Dusk Till Dawn, which has two parts that are secretly written by two completely different people, but happen to have some of the same actors. at least, that is how the article felt to me. like pgs 1-4 are for people in a hurry, maybe even the yuppie socialites mentioned in the article, and enormous page 5 is written for people who want a more interesting story.
did you see his article about visiting a massage parlor?
don't worry-- it hasn't a 5th page.
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Wow, I never thought I'd have so much to think about after reading an article about a childrens' entertainer.
posted by Valatan at 08:42PM CST on January 29