Ignatius Riley (a Confederacy of Dunces) : Would he have evacuated

[Rowdyboy]

New Orleans for Katrina? How about his mama and her friend, Santa Battaglia?

Ignatius is to me the spirit of New Orleans. Loud, self-centered, oblivious to the world, full of himself and magnificent! Ignatius would NEVER evacuate; he'd hole up in his attic, writing on his Big Chief notebooks and eating Lucky Dogs.

What do you think?

[villager]

1. "I am apparently trapped in a limbo of lost souls"

Is that Ignatius J. Reilly line spookily redolent now -- or what?

[GettysbergII]

2. Definitely a downward turn of Fortuna's Wheel

[Rowdyboy]

10. Ah, Fortuna....

[Rowdyboy]

4. Eerily so.....

He is so emblematic of the odd characters that inhabit the real New Orleans. Its impossible for people from the "sane" world to understand the refusal of these New Orleanians to accept what we consider reality. They simply refuse to accept our rules.

Sadly, many will pay with their lives.

[Sarojin]

7. Some folks wouldn't even cross the river

Met a woman from the West Bank that had to quit the job we had just started because it required her to go into...gasp...New Orleans across the bridge. Of course that was mostly racist fear of the deep south.

[Wickerman]

3. Poll. Of. The. Month.

:thumbsup: :applause:

[Dogmudgeon]

11. Seconded and Recommended!

My stomach valve has seldom had so much ... patency!

--p!

[Rowdyboy]

12. I simply can't think about New Orleans without thinking of Ignatius....

In some ways, he is the truly strangely warped spirit of that wonderful city.

[Sarojin]

5. I was fortunate enough to have read this while living in NO

Seeing all the landmarks and color of the city enhanced the pleasure of the book immensely.

I often tried to decide which of the buildings would have been the factory.

[Rowdyboy]

9. How terribly sweet that must have been!

I love the book and the city with an intensity thats hard to describe. I feel such an incredible loss.

[wildhorses]

6. I loved this book

and can't wait for the movie...did I hear somewhere that Drew Barrymore had bought the rights?

[Dogmudgeon]

14. Barrymore is playing Myra (under a new name)

Her company, Flower Films, is producing it. But last time I checked, they changed Myra's name to something more "acceptable". (Hey, Tori Amos' first name was originally Myra, too.)

Will Ferrell is Ignatius. I would have thought of someone shorter and fatter, but Ferrell can make his audience believe anything.

The film is now in post-production. I wonder if they will delay the release because of the disaster?

--p!

[charlie]

8. Once more into the abyss?

Never.

[cire4]

13. Certainly not on a Scenicruiser bus!

He may not have evacuated, but I doubt his system would be able to go this long without his valve appeasing creature comforts. Let's hope somebody looted him some Dr. Nut!

[Rowdyboy]

15. At least a couple of cases.....

Thats what friends are for in the Quarter!

[Wickerman]

16. kick for the day crew