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Mixed metaphors? Incoherence? Dylan?

Crix say the darndest things. From a review of Todd Haynes‘ “I'm Not There“:

“Obvious as [Bob Dylan’s] talent may be, he often mixes metaphors and combines images in a way that skirts the edge of incoherence.”

Read it twice. It’s even funnier the third time. The key is in the unarticulated relationship between the two parts of the sentence. Is one of them supposed to be a dependent clause?

If you can guess who wrote it, you may win a brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat. Or not.

Jim Emerson

Jim Emerson is the founding editor of RogerEbert.com and has written lots of things in lots of places over lots of years. Mostly involving movies.

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