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If Jeff Mangum is the Jeff Mangum of music
and Wes Anderson is the Jeff Mangum of film

Who is the Jeff Mangum of literature?

>> No.3079549

David Foster Wallace

>> No.3079555

tao lin

>> No.3079556

mein kampf

>> No.3079558

You probably haven't heard of him.

>> No.3079559

David Foster Wallace

Requesting that DFW/Infinite Jest Over the Sea picture by the way.

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3079562

Hunter S. Thompson hands down. How dare you ask?

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3079566

>>3079559

>> No.3079570

4chan likes white men

>> No.3079586

David Foster Wallace is not the Jeff Mangum of literature. People saying so probably haven't listened to ITAOTS.

If Jeff Mangum is the Jaffmangum of /mu/ then DFW can be the Jeff Mangum of /lit/

>> No.3079588

fuck off

>> No.3079592

>>3079586
No I mean in the fact that it appeals to the lowest common denominator of music listeners/film watchers that aren't complete plebs

>> No.3079611

dfw

>> No.3079613

>>3079570
4chan _is_ white men

>> No.3079621

is Jeff Mancum considered "New Sincerity"?

>> No.3079625

>>3079621
hmmm what

>> No.3079632

>>3079566
Aw yeah, thanks.

>> No.3079635

>>3079613

>Riding the big dick that is the wave of blackness in response to slavery

>implying being a white man is a bad thing

>> No.3079639

Why is Wes Anderson is the Jeff Mangum of film?

Wes Anderson is one of the shitties directors going right now.

>> No.3079640

>tfw no one knows WHEN is Jeff Mangum

>> No.3079643

>>3079639
you just answered your own question.

>> No.3079655

>>3079621
Well his music is earnest and sincere. There is not a hint of irony in it.

>mancum

>> No.3079751

>>3079640
1945