Re: "swearing" in Christian arts

["Peter T. Chattaway" <petert at interchange_ubc.ca>]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Aaron Edwards wrote:
> OTR uses the word shit qutie a lot, but it's how they use it. For
> instance, in "Daddy Untwisted," firstly, the speaker is not necissarily
> the author (this is something that comes up quite a bit in poetry as
> well). So, to say "the shit you're really in" is more a charachter thing
> than a "swearing" thing.

What about their use of "shit" in 'Give Me Strength' (which, admittedly,
was written by someone else)?  Is that just a character thing, or is it
reasonable to say that Linford and/or Karin are speaking for themselves
there, albeit doing so with someone else's words?

> Just for the record, last fall I did a paper tracing the "street" uses
> of "the F word," to thier original and literal meanings. It was quite
> fascinating, and I got an A on the paper.

Would love to read it -- profanity is something of a hobby of mine!  :)

For a brief discussion of profanity in art and in the Bible (including a
reference to Linford's 'Fuck me' poem), see my post here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/onfilm/message/3774

And if you subscribe to the 77s listserv for any length of time, it won't
be long before e.g. you hear Mike Roe describe how the audience went
"apeshit" over something or other.  I'm pretty sure he's not just being
"in character" when he says stuff like that.  :)

--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
Nothing tells memories from ordinary moments; only afterwards do they
   claim remembrance, on account of their scars. -- Chris Marker, La Jetee

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