A Conversation with David Foster Wallace By Larry McCaffery | Dalkey Archive Press
From "The Review of Contemporary Fiction," Summer 1993, Vol. 13.2 LARRY McCAFFERY: Your essay following this interview is going to be seen by some people as being basically an apology for television. What's your response to the familiar criticism that television fosters relationships with illusions or simulations of real people (Reagan being a kind of quintessential
Skip to content From “The Review of Contemporary Fiction,” Summer 1993, Vol. 13.2 LARRY McCAFFERY: Your essay following this interview is going to be seen by some people as being basically an apology for television. What’s your response to the familiar criticism that television fosters relationships with illusions or simulations of real people (Reagan being a kind of quintessential example)? DAVID FOSTER WALLACE: It’s a try at a comprehensive diagnosis, not an apology. U.S. viewers’ relationship with TV is essentially puerile and dependent, as are all relationships based on seduction.…
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