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why do people so often refer to DFW as being particularly physically attractive? David Lipsky mentions it in his extended interview with Wallace, and Franzen does at one point in one of the articles he wrote about him.

also, why did he try so hard to present himself as something that he wasn't? in his interviews, particularly those in the mid to late nineties, he comes across as being overwhelmingly self-conscious, self-hating, and fake. I read through a collection of interviews with him, and he was a lot more forthcoming about himself in a very real way in his first few major interviews, and then he very significantly stops talking about himself in any meaningful way, and often outright lies.

>> No.8461626

>>8461608

Well he isn't ugly but isn't a model. I guess Franzen looked in the mirror and then at Wallace and went, "whoa, he's hot." He has a nice smile.

Franzen really isn't ugly either from some angles, just a bit odd looking

>> No.8461627

Everybody's fake on the inside - humans learn by imitation.

Being publicly and transparently fake is, in a meta sort of way, as real as you can get.

>> No.8461629

>>8461608
He was a a narcissist. Very insecure and tried hard to present an image of someone who was really intellectual yet on wavelength with the stupid general populace, hence the exaggerated affectation of seeming to struggle with complex ideas and putting them into thoughts, as if he didn't want to appear intellectual and 'phony' but "sincere" and not an ivory tower faggot.

>> No.8461652

>>8461608
read good old neon

also he was something like a 9.5/10 in his late teens and early 20s but literally three or so pics of him from back then remain

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>>8461652

>> No.8461708

>>8461608
>why did he try so hard to present himself as something that he wasn't?
his parents something something

>> No.8461720

>>8461665
aw he was so cute