maí 05, 2006

Freuday

Á morgun er Sigmund Freud dagur í New York. Af hverju? Góđ spurning.
BY mayoral proclamation, tomorrow is Sigmund Freud Day in the city.

So, fellow New Yorkers, how does that make you feel?

Do you want to take a 50-minute hour to think about it? Maybe you are already wondering what Freud has to do with New York, a place that he visited only once, in 1909.

We have but two words for you: Woody and Allen. As the mayor acknowledged in his proclamation, "Anyone familiar with the work of Woody Allen could tell you that New York City has long been a leading center of psychoanalysis."

That it is, and it explains why New York is going out of its way to observe Freud Day, the 150th anniversary of the old boy's birth, on May 6, 1856. (He died on Sept. 23, 1939, which made him — oh, you can do the math yourself.)
Sjá nánar: Your Day Has Arrived, New York, but Your Hour Is Up
Agust skrifađi 05.05.06 13:10

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