RE: Phe^ bi`nh ba`i phe^ bi`nh cu?a Tra^`n Ma.nh Ha?o

[utsay@yahoo.com]

   Hello anh AnHai Doan,

   Thank you for the well elicit information.
  
   In your previous posting and some others' posting as well, if I
remember correctly, that you have raised your concern regarding the
degradation in Vietnamese literature; and CHCC bashing from TMH
(eventhough "unprofessional") is rather appropriate. I would agree with
you if all of these critics are playing on the same field; which
induces a healthy competition and provides an environment for
creativity to foster. However, when one commentator starts to use an
authority leverage (weak or strong) to undermine others, then the
concern of literature dictatorship is not unrealistic.

   The questions would be, does an article on Nhan Dan newspaper carry
any weight over another article on different newspaper? What does it
take to have one's article be published on Nhan Dan newspaper? And if
TMH has choices, to which newspaper would he send his article and why?
For future, should commentators use the Nhan Dan newspaper to publish
their works? In VN, should there be a magazine/newspaper/media for
these commentators to readily access and go at each others without any
hesitation? And yes, the utmost desire: Should there be an internet
forum without government supervision?

   Warmest regards,
   UtSay

--- AnHai Doan <anhai@cs.washington.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, U't Say wrote:
> 
> >    Xin ca'c anh chi. bo+'t tung lu+.u dda.n cho to^i ddu+o+.c do+
tay
> ho?i
> > ca'c anh chi. ca^u na`y: Ngoa`i ca'i ta`i la`m ddao phu? thu?, o^ng
> TMH
> > dda~ co' bao gio+` "khen" ai chu+a nhi?\? 
> 
> Hi anh U't Say, he wrote a number of articles praising Che^'
> Lan Vie^n, for example. It looks like TMH greatly respects
> CLV for his talent and courage (or shall I say conscience).
> He likes the Di ca?o poems that CLV wrote when he was near
> death.
> 
> He also praised some other guys that I don't remember now.
> You can check out "Phe^ bi`nh va` pha?n phe^ bi`nh", his
> collection of literature essays.
> 
> No one says he is a great literature critic. Indeed, his
> writings frequently mix in emotions and nitpicking, hardly
> professional! There are of course plenty of rumors that he
> also undertakes "contract killing". But despite all of this,
> he is smart, outspoken, blunt, and in general offering a
> refreshing and interesting voice in a very boring literature
> review market. If you read him, try to read for the points,
> and ignore the nitpicking. (Who cares if he's doing that for
> contract killing or not, the poster doesn't matter, only the
> posting. That's also the rule on vnsa.)
> 
> When he appeared some time ago, he caused quite a stir.
> Again, read "Phe binh va phan phe binh" to find out why.
> Nowadays, many people think he has gone over the edge, into
> literature trashing rather than analyzing.
> 
> Hai.
> 
> PS. We the Ba('c Ha` also has a weakness that I must
> confess: we greatly enjoy the pain of others. If Tran Manh
> Hao chops someone to death publicly, we do enjoy that.
> That's why he has been such a great critic so far. I
> am personally disappointed that he didn't trash CHCC even
> more in his Nhan Dan article. He was so gentle, so polite,
> so ... un-Tran-Manh-Hao, so disappointing...
> 
> 
> 



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