Tao Lin @ KGB

Tao Lin @ KGB

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[lowohlevelowl]

i don't get why everyone is laughing at everything. i feel people who like him think of him more as a comedian rather than a poet. its sort of like hipster jerry seinfeld observations-gmail, twitter, AOL, end etc. it's a shame though, i mean, i don't like him that much, but i think most of his fans don't actually like his poetry, but rather this persona he's taken on. i feel when he says something serious it's overlooked because people just want him to say something silly rather than real.

[limpicatto]

They're laughing because they're protecting themselves.

[SuperRickSantorum]

This is the problem with these writers and poets: they're all too comedic. True masterpieces have never been purely ironic or comedic. David Foster Wallace had talked about how post modernism has been corrupted by irony. I enjoy Tao Lin as entertainment, not as art.

[lucienbardot]

You said it man-- he's a gimmick. His "gift" is for self promotion, not poetry. But don't fret-- gimmicks never last, but art and poetry do.

[lucienbardot]

"arent all poets hipsters?"

Ahhh no. 

[theMadbombR]

why the fuck are they laughing?

[brandonmccullum]

sike tao lin's writing is sick i dont know why you're all reading into shit that isnt there

[deathacus]

People are 'dancing' on butter as means of 'art'. Art is dead.

[LOKITUPISBACK]

I feel the same way. Once you get over the wacky nature of some of the characters, I feel there is an underlying sense of humanity in all of them that is too soon overlooked due to the species of the character. But I never felt like that. I always took his stuff seriously, because I know he does too.

[Bolinas1971]

it shouldn't be, but somehow KGB is the kiss of death

[lowohlevelowl]

I really don't think he's a "poet" though. I think he's a gimmick...Mostly just bullshit. When I said it's a shame, I mainly mean because he's become the new "face" of poetry for the newer generations, and that's just depressing. I mean, depressing for poetry as an art. He's turned it into a joke. Not just because he tries to be funny, but because his poetry is awful.