I recently started reading the biography of Oscar Wilde that is the source for the recent movie. I don’t know how recent the movie is really, but its been sitting on my television in its nifty little Netflix envelope for over a month.

My initial impression from the first hundred pages is that this is a lot of folderol. Oscar seems to be a rather silly person caught up in a silly time. Significant noise is made about him in terms of GLBT History, but initially I am a touch underwhelmed by the story. If any of you have read the story and can comment on how it is going to increase in interest, please let me know.

It was interesting, however, to observe my own reactions. I was struck by how in the press of events in my own life, I was rather turned off by my impression of the silliness of Oscar Wilde’s life up through college. Again, I may need to just keep ploughing through as a matter of discipline, but at this point I’m thinking I’ll watch the movie and see the two hour time block will inspire more interest in the hours of reading.

Let me be as clear as possible in this quick dash of a blog entry when I point out that this isn’t a really to say that Oscar should have been more interesting as a person. I know I was probably equally pointless in my life through college. Further, I recognize that there can be beauty in the everyday. Maybe I’m just not in mood for this story at this time in my life. I will say this before I leave it to Oscar Wilde fans to excoriate me: the book is well written. I did enjoy that.