[Stones] Cerne Abbas Homer Simpson

[Ric]

hi,

bourgeois society, i think, defends itself from
perceived threats by several means: it belittles the
threat by making fun of it; further on down the line,
it actively ingests the threat, by 'adopting' and
thereby neutralising it

a classic and historical example is the mid 60's
hippie culture, at first shocking and frightening to
the established Middle Class, by the 1970's
well-heeled executives were chortling about being
'with it' at office parties, and London itself had
become the 'swinging' capital of the then (fashion)
world

terms such as 'with it' were originally from an
alternative culture with values opposed to those of
bourgeois society

the threat posed to the Puritanical social
sensibility, by sexuality - which has the power to
both liberate and subvert - is a constant headache for
societies which seek to control and regulate. the UK
'Carry On' films made the culture laugh at sex, the
way people joke about something which actually scares
them: but sex won't go away because you laugh at it,
as i believe, it is an unending headache for,
especially repressive cultures.

the Cerne Abbas giant, cartoon Homer, witnesses
another (unconscious) attempt by Western Society to
ridicule, in this case, the flagrant sexuality of the
giant; only to my eye, the attempt has back-fired?
Homer's upheld doughnut is equally a symbolic vulva,
displayed in almost exactly the way the Padstow Hobby
Horse is lead on by the 'Teaser', displaying his
symbolic phallus-vulva?

yes, you might accord the Homer cartoon 'Freudian
slip' status, on a giant scale, i think? (see below)

;)

Ric


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http://www2.b3ta.com/host/creative/46786/1184604040/HomerChalk.gif