which “Tiny Tim” do we deserve?
My first thought was the Cratchit kid…
“Every generation gets the Tiny Tim it deserves.”
Gore Vidal (1925-2012)
Gore Vidal was a prolific writer. I confess that, too often, I wasn’t quite sure what point Gore Vidal was trying to make.
Thus, in this quote, it is abundantly not clear to me whether Vidal was referring to Herbert Butros Khaury (the alleged singer, “Tiny Tim,” 1932-1996) or to Timothy Cratchit (“Tiny Tim”) in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (1843), you know, the endearing kid who said “God bless us, every one!”
Well, yes, yes, of course, you’re right, it really doesn’t make any difference.
I prefer to think again about the Cratchit boy.
Every generation should get to have at least one of his sort.
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