For DJ Montano: The Metaphors are As Complicated as the Subject

DJ Montano is a global celebrity due to a single piece of artistic work which he sold for 70,000 dollars. This article by Dona Victorina revisited our anti-hero. The writing was excellent, and the logic impeccable.

My only hope is that the writer should have been more thrifty in the use of metaphors.

Here is one paragraph:

"Until now, I cannot fathom why on earth did DJ Montano decide to come out on national television. His “Miranda Rights” could have given him a safe haven. But DJ chose the road less traveled. When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet dearies."

1. DJ at first was in a coastal territory. Haven, as metaphor for secured place (thus safe haven is actually redundant), comes from the original meaning of the word: secured port or safe harbor.

2. Then this blogger moved DJ to a crossroad in the yellow woods, where the phrase "road less traveled" originated.

3. Then he plunged DJ into a watery environment with "depths of a stream".

But then, DJ deserves all these tiring movements.


But I salute the juxtaposition : Indeed, goodness shouts while evil whispers! (Fine writing indeed)

Unfortunately, the writer chose to bombard us with a series of cliches:

"To (1.) add injury to insult (wise inverted cliche but still tired and old) , the entire Montano family also went out on national television - (2) making them fair game. Now, it's (3) free for all- Anyone and everyone can talk about them. It was (4) too good to be true for the journalist. (5)Oh my gulay, even DJ's sister testified to getting Gorrell's money and putting it in a "bank". Now DJ carries the (6) "burden of proof" to prove to the "mob" his innocence."

Then again, DJ Montano personifies these cliches: tired, old, and useless.