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These sound like the assessments of someone who read a critique of the articles, but not the articles themselves.

Was going to reply with the very same sentiment.

Also:

>David Foster Wallace, “Shipping Out: On the (Nearly Lethal) Comforts of a Luxury Cruise.” Harper’s Magazine, January 1996

I much prefer the title he gave it when published in book form:

"A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again."

The collection of his articles that were published in that book is wonderful. I loved the cruise ship one, and I really enjoyed his articles about the IL state fair and about tennis because I grew up in the same area that he was talking about.

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