A Supposedly Fun Thing: Hear David Foster Wallace Deliver An Anti-Cruise Diatribe
David Foster Wallace's famous essay, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, mercilessly mocked cruise ship vacations. The essay even inspired a Simpson's episode: "A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again." Here, we revisit the original and hear Wallace talk about the nightmarish trip that inspired it.
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