Subject: RE: Ghost World
From: Will Hochman (hochman@southernct.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 27 2001 - 03:48:07 GMT
Yes, yes, what Tim said!
>>What I liked best though, was after the review, in italics, the
>>NYTimes notes that the movie is rated "R" and that "It has profanity,
>>some sexual references and one discreet scene of sexuality"...some
>>things NEVER change, will
>>--
>>
>>what do you mean? WHAT will never change?
>
>I think Will is referring to the unending American obsession with
>Puritanism and Puritanical behavior. It's annoying to see how the
>Times includes with virtually every movie review of a movie intended
>for an adult audience a disclaimer listing the supposed "bad"
>things, all of which invariably center around either sex (its
>appearance, its mention, its inference), nudity, or, less
>frequently, violence. Mostly the Puritanical sensibility is
>obsessive about matters sexual. It has the effect of infantilizing
>the readers of the review.
>
>At least, that's how I read what Will was saying.
>
>--tim
>
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