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I know this is a dangerous thing to tweet about, but can anyone steer me in the direction of which David Foster Wallace essay or story references how metafiction had become so universal that even Wes Craven was doing it?
I think it was in a footnote, it that helps.
Google is less than useful on this matter. I did learn that there's a reference to Wes Craven's Nightmare films in Infinite Jest, as there is a film in it called Nightmare on Elm Street XXII: The Senescence.
Ah, this article does help. Looks like it's somewhere in A Supposedly Fun Thing: https://www.flavorwire.com/420231/why-was-90s-horror-so-scary
Hmm, that might not be true. Might be another metafiction reference by DFW not specific to Craven.
I've been convinced the answer was "The Depressed Person", which is a very funny concept.
"The Depressed Person" by David Foster Wallace definitely does not include a part about Wes Craven, it turns out.
I found it. "Octet." Thank you to this article: http://ronaldbrichardson.com/metafiction/the-danger-of-meta-pompidou-and-octet-in-a-negative-light/
I should think about deleting this thread now.
