[escepticos] 2001 y A.C. Clarke

[Miguel <mavem@...>]

Jesus Cancillo wrote:

> PD: todo esto no quita para que 2001 sea considerada una obra maestra y
> material de especulación durante décadas. Me pregunto si habrá un
> reestreno con copias nuevas en el año 2001. Me gustaría verla en el
> cinerama original y con buen sonido (algo cada día más dificil en los
> actuales cines hiperdecibélicos).
> 
> Un saludo y a tu disposición.

Debo decir que tambien la considero una obra maestra. Sobre Arthur C.
Clarke, he visto algunas discusiones en algunas listas sobre como
Inglaterra ha desistido de darle el grado de Sir por causa de una
reciente entrevista donde confiesa sus preferencias sexuales.
He encontrado esto en la net. Yo no lo sabia y lo siento. Continuara
siendo sin duda un gran maestro en el arte, pero es una faceta que
siempre ha permanecido escondida sobre su persona.
Si esto no es verdad y es apenas mas una ficcion que corre en la net,
pido person ya por adelantado a quien pueda sentirse ofendido, en
especial a A. C. Clarke, y al mismo tiempo solicito a quien pueda
aclarar lo mas rapidamente posible este caso.

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If my memory serves, he was accused as a result of comments made in a
taped interview with a (British, I think) journalist.  I listened to the
portion in question online from CNBC, so unless the tape was doctored,
or he has become senile, there was some basis for the charges.  
 
In the portion I listened to, he was addressing his use of young male
prostitutes. His comment was that he had been doing so for years, but
that the boys were doing this out of choice and were not forced or taken
advantage of by him.  He indicated a preference for boys in early
puberty.  Apparently, the charges were dropped on the basis of his world
reputation, the fact that the boys were prostitutes already and the
apparent tolerance of such things in Sri Lanka.  
 
I don't think my personal moral code is necessarily the yardstick to
measure all others by, but I do feel a little squeamish with the idea
that some of the money I pay for his books is going to this.  Somehow it
is different when you know....
 
Back to other, happier topics, I hope.
 
Linda