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video of Jonathan Franzen "hooping it up"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1N7Duq-rFc&feature=relat...
Fluffy location trust fund
  02/22/12
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deep skinny woman church building
  02/22/12
9:06 -- Franzen spastically shoots and bricks hilariously 1...
Costumed step-uncle's house
  02/22/12
man even the first sentence out of his mouth was absurd
bronze business firm brethren
  02/22/12
cr. the woman keeps looking more and more disturbed as th...
Costumed step-uncle's house
  02/22/12
just threw up in my mouth a lot
Snowy Electric Bawdyhouse Multi-billionaire
  02/22/12
I found the Corrections to be a lot of fun. I can't get thro...
erotic contagious ladyboy piazza
  02/22/12
rate Franzen's jump shot, bro
Costumed step-uncle's house
  02/22/12
I'm not watching the entire video. He seems like a miserable...
erotic contagious ladyboy piazza
  02/22/12
u jelly
Costumed step-uncle's house
  02/22/12
did u try Freedom? I like the Corrections fine but haven't c...
learning disabled kitchen
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bronze business firm brethren
  02/23/12
Thanks for sharing. The picture of the room is astonishing ...
disrespectful provocative gay wizard
  02/23/12
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bronze business firm brethren
  02/23/12
that comment was posted by Franzen
Fluffy location trust fund
  02/23/12
how someone can write a comment like this and not eat a bull...
carmine misunderstood boiling water
  01/20/13
HOLY FUCKING SHIT. WHY DOES THIS PERSON EXIST. IS GOD PLAYIN...
pale beta whorehouse love of her life
  02/23/12
franzen often says he was popular in high school, i have a h...
bronze business firm brethren
  02/23/12
Credited, one look at his jump shot in gym class would have ...
Vivacious Den
  02/23/12
he looks like he wasn't allowed outside as a child, i'm not ...
bronze business firm brethren
  02/23/12
this is the greatest thing about Franzen. he is an egotist. ...
Fluffy location trust fund
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bronze business firm brethren
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soggy mildly autistic indirect expression stage
  02/25/12
its crazy how unlikable he is
titillating mediation generalized bond
  02/25/12
cr
fear-inspiring big lay
  05/17/12
*writes a book about a basketball player* *cannot even boun...
Fluffy location trust fund
  02/25/12
U mad Chabon?
wonderful senate
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bronze business firm brethren
  03/31/12
god fucking damn it
buff histrionic messiness
  03/31/12
great american novelist
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clear zippy roast beef
  10/26/12
goddamn u franzen
Fluffy location trust fund
  10/26/12
Absolutely astonished at how much I don't like him
cerebral onyx dragon hissy fit
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bateful dun boltzmann orchestra pit
  11/20/12
i don't understand franzen's self-concept, how he sees himse...
bateful dun boltzmann orchestra pit
  11/20/12
how DOES he see himself?
pale beta whorehouse love of her life
  01/13/13
highly intellectual, "voice of a generation" for s...
fear-inspiring big lay
  01/13/13
Really dont like that guy
cerebral onyx dragon hissy fit
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bronze business firm brethren
  01/20/13
is franzen a crypto racist? i don't have his books in front ...
Excitant Lime Public Bath Factory Reset Button
  01/20/13
At the same time, one strongly senses that the descriptions ...
Laughsome bat-shit-crazy shrine
  02/12/13
BOOOOOOOOOO!!!! BOOOOOOOOOO!!!! C'mon guys let's drown h...
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Chocolate bespoke striped hyena
  02/24/17
lmao, forgot how funny this video is
wonderful senate
  02/24/17
lol wtf get off the court son
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Date: February 22nd, 2012 12:13 PM
Author: Fluffy location trust fund

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1N7Duq-rFc&feature=related

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Date: February 22nd, 2012 12:14 PM
Author: deep skinny woman church building



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Date: February 22nd, 2012 10:58 PM
Author: Costumed step-uncle's house

9:06 -- Franzen spastically shoots and bricks hilariously

11:50 -- Franzen still dribbling his basketball down the streets of Manhattan

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Date: February 22nd, 2012 10:59 PM
Author: bronze business firm brethren

man even the first sentence out of his mouth was absurd

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Date: February 22nd, 2012 11:05 PM
Author: Costumed step-uncle's house

cr.

the woman keeps looking more and more disturbed as the interview goes on. Franzen refuses to make eye contact with her. she stares quizically during his meandering disquisitions with an expression that seems to ask "who is this jackass?"

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Date: February 22nd, 2012 11:03 PM
Author: Snowy Electric Bawdyhouse Multi-billionaire

just threw up in my mouth a lot

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Date: February 22nd, 2012 11:04 PM
Author: erotic contagious ladyboy piazza

I found the Corrections to be a lot of fun. I can't get through his latest book. Just not that interesting.



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Date: February 22nd, 2012 11:05 PM
Author: Costumed step-uncle's house

rate Franzen's jump shot, bro

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Date: February 22nd, 2012 11:06 PM
Author: erotic contagious ladyboy piazza

I'm not watching the entire video. He seems like a miserable person.

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Date: February 22nd, 2012 11:08 PM
Author: Costumed step-uncle's house

u jelly

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Date: December 13th, 2015 11:30 PM
Author: learning disabled kitchen

did u try Freedom? I like the Corrections fine but haven't checked out either of those



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Date: February 23rd, 2012 5:32 AM
Author: bronze business firm brethren



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Date: February 23rd, 2012 7:05 AM
Author: disrespectful provocative gay wizard

Thanks for sharing.

The picture of the room is astonishing but it really explains, no words needed, the depths Franzen is reaching in his books. I also I like his ability to dwell in the present moment (especially dialogues between characters but other situations too) - I think those are the most attractive and "alive" parts in a book - and this room seems to give him the absolute silence - in every sense - to listen patiently to those frail moments and write them so perceptively.

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Date: February 23rd, 2012 6:21 PM
Author: bronze business firm brethren



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Date: February 23rd, 2012 9:52 PM
Author: Fluffy location trust fund

that comment was posted by Franzen

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Date: January 20th, 2013 4:06 AM
Author: carmine misunderstood boiling water

how someone can write a comment like this and not eat a bullet immediately after is a mystery to me

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Date: February 23rd, 2012 9:55 PM
Author: pale beta whorehouse love of her life

HOLY FUCKING SHIT. WHY DOES THIS PERSON EXIST. IS GOD PLAYING A JOKE ON US.

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Date: February 23rd, 2012 10:02 PM
Author: bronze business firm brethren

franzen often says he was popular in high school, i have a hard time believing it with a jump shot like that

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Date: February 23rd, 2012 10:07 PM
Author: Vivacious Den

Credited, one look at his jump shot in gym class would have killed any attraction a girl might have had for him and all respect from bros.

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Date: February 23rd, 2012 10:08 PM
Author: bronze business firm brethren

he looks like he wasn't allowed outside as a child, i'm not kidding

i'm no athlete but i can shoot a basketball without looking like an alien

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1880358&forum_id=2...id#20039565)



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Date: February 23rd, 2012 10:13 PM
Author: Fluffy location trust fund

this is the greatest thing about Franzen. he is an egotist. in this video he trashes his ex-wife, basically saying that they divorced because she was jealous of his writing ability. lmao.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1880358&forum_id=2...id#20039620)



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Date: February 24th, 2017 9:56 AM
Author: bronze business firm brethren



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Date: February 25th, 2012 2:02 AM
Author: soggy mildly autistic indirect expression stage



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Date: February 25th, 2012 2:21 AM
Author: titillating mediation generalized bond

its crazy how unlikable he is

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Date: May 17th, 2012 12:33 AM
Author: fear-inspiring big lay

cr

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Date: February 25th, 2012 2:23 AM
Author: Fluffy location trust fund

*writes a book about a basketball player*

*cannot even bounce a basketball*

*is Franzen*

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Date: February 12th, 2013 5:26 PM
Author: wonderful senate

U mad Chabon?

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Date: March 31st, 2012 3:47 AM
Author: bronze business firm brethren



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Date: March 31st, 2012 5:19 AM
Author: buff histrionic messiness

god fucking damn it

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Date: October 26th, 2012 3:34 AM
Author: bronze business firm brethren

great american novelist

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Date: October 26th, 2012 3:34 AM
Author: clear zippy roast beef



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Date: October 26th, 2012 3:41 AM
Author: Fluffy location trust fund

goddamn u franzen

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Date: November 20th, 2012 10:44 PM
Author: cerebral onyx dragon hissy fit

Absolutely astonished at how much I don't like him

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Date: November 20th, 2012 10:48 PM
Author: bateful dun boltzmann orchestra pit



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Date: November 20th, 2012 10:49 PM
Author: bateful dun boltzmann orchestra pit

i don't understand franzen's self-concept, how he sees himself. i hate his books, but i'm fascinated by him psychologically.

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Date: January 13th, 2013 5:49 PM
Author: pale beta whorehouse love of her life

how DOES he see himself?

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Date: January 13th, 2013 5:51 PM
Author: fear-inspiring big lay

highly intellectual, "voice of a generation" for seattle/SF/brooklyn latte \-sippers

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Date: January 19th, 2013 9:58 PM
Author: cerebral onyx dragon hissy fit

Really dont like that guy

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Date: January 20th, 2013 4:11 AM
Author: bronze business firm brethren



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Date: January 20th, 2013 4:54 AM
Author: Excitant Lime Public Bath Factory Reset Button

is franzen a crypto racist? i don't have his books in front of me, but i was thinking about this recently.

in The Corrections there is a strange group of passages where the narrator seems to ridicule the work of the woman who grows fresh vegetable gardens w/ inner-city black kids. he basically says: "these kids are too fucking stupid to appreciate middle class values, and this person doesn't realize the futility of her work." then he turns her into one of the most pathetic, debased characters in modern fiction, whose downfall it is suggested is brought about by her essential naivete (referring back to her judgment re: the inner city kids).

then in Freedom, there is the protagonist's father, Ray, a wealthy lawyer who defends indigent minorities. he is portrayed as massively condescending and hateful towards his clients - though at the same time explaining to his daughter that they are innocent victims of the system. his minority clients are characterized as buffoons, whom Ray, the prosecutor, and the Judge (all white) cannot help joining together to laugh at in one scene. confusingly, the novel uses, for this character's final redemption, the image of dozens of these black people and their families, heads bowed, filing silently and reverently into the *BACK* (the symbolism) of the church at his funeral - like they are straight out of To Kill a Mockingbird.

the elite east coast lawyer is glorified and the blacks are kept firmly in their place, as objects of charity that is an instrument for self-aggrandizement of the white elites.

his portrayal of the Indian girl in Freedom has also been called racist, for being so laughably 1-dimensional.

these are the only minorities in any of his books.

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Date: February 12th, 2013 5:38 PM
Author: Laughsome bat-shit-crazy shrine

At the same time, one strongly senses that the descriptions of the Indian girl in Freedom are Franzen just transcribing one of his own obsessive imperialist pedo-crushes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1880358&forum_id=2...id#22624538)



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Date: January 31st, 2013 8:44 PM
Author: fear-inspiring big lay

BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

C'mon guys let's drown him out

BOOOOOOOOO

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1880358&forum_id=2...id#22544225)



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Date: February 12th, 2013 5:13 PM
Author: cerebral onyx dragon hissy fit



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Date: November 18th, 2014 7:31 AM
Author: disturbing hall



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Date: December 13th, 2015 11:25 PM
Author: puce theater



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Date: February 24th, 2017 9:52 AM
Author: Chocolate bespoke striped hyena



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Date: February 24th, 2017 10:37 AM
Author: wonderful senate

lmao, forgot how funny this video is

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Date: February 24th, 2017 10:43 AM
Author: Emerald travel guidebook

lol wtf get off the court son

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Date: December 7th, 2021 8:08 PM
Author: Chocolate bespoke striped hyena



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Date: June 22nd, 2024 9:46 PM
Author: flickering address



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Date: February 26th, 2026 6:45 PM
Author: wonderful senate



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