Vonnegut (1922-2007)

Four Color · 13 Apr 2007, 02:47 · from 2007-April.txt.gz

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From: fourcolorhero at gmail.com (Four Color)
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:47:38 -0400
Subject: (urth) Vonnegut (1922-2007)
Message-ID: <2c58e76b0704121947y76e5f656w86c71c95a7aa627 at mail.gmail.com>

I had the good fortune to have lunch with Kurt Vonnegut in 1992. He
was a funny, wise guy. I'll always remember the presentation he made
earlier that day, including a brief deconstruction of the conventional
plot triangle, using Kafka's "Metamorphosis":

[Vonnegut on stage, at chalkboard, mic in one hand, chalk in other.
Audience expecting to see the plot triangle drawn on the board.]

"One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he
discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous bug."

[Vonnegut draws a line going straight down.]

"Oh sh**."

Much my feeling when I awoke this morning and discovered that he had died.

Regards,
Tim

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