Re: “Ambiguities”
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
Justin wrote:
Doug distinguishes between “commercial” and serious” ambiguity.
I don’t think that commercial or uncommercial is the relevant distinction here. The question is whether the text includes cues (or even just clues) that lead the audience to think one way or another.
My point is that in Jaws-style ambiguity you don’t see those kinds of cues because they want the Symbol to be as blank a screen as possible, for fear of offending potential customers. That’s a long way from Wordsworth asking “what if Lucy be dead?” or even The Kinks singing “I’m glad I’m a man and so is Lola.”
Doug