Exactly the point. If there had been no Clara Bow (the “IT” girl) there would have been no Jean Harlow. If there had been no Jean Harlow there would have been no Marilyn Monroe….up to Miley. And if The Shadow seems tame now it’s only because there WAS a Shadow, leading to movies where you can’t tell the difference between the good guys and the bad guys. Examples are chosen at random, and the argument, “Yes, but there WAS a [insert name] and if not that someone else” doesn’t apply. If we rejected the first step there would be no second. But we didn’t and we don’t, and here we are talking about a young woman performing naked seeming quaint some day. About forty years ago there was fiction short story called “A Flourish of Strumpets” about the unthinkable future where prostitutes would solicit door-to-door and the havoc that wreaked on the relationship in the story. Unthinkable? Have you looked at your email lately? A Flourish of Strumpets has arrived, and it’s anything but quaint. So if Elly could delay her children from going down that road until their judgment was better developed, she was doing her job.
I was going to let your reply go but your poor reading / assimilating skills combined with a pontifical tone irritated me. 1. The point about rejecting things was obviously that we did not do it as a society, coupled with the hope that we might learn from the past and never consider a thing like Ms. Cyrus’ performance as quaint. 2. Yes, that’s where those emails that I receive are also; I just wasn’t specific; and 3. Yes, Elly DID delay them, at least for one night. And yes, their judgment on that one night was that she wasn’t cool. The hope, again, is that after one of these instances they will reflect and learn. Please read what’s in front of you and stop formulating how to negate it before you assimilate it.
hsawlrae over 10 years ago
It’s fun to look STUPID?
bluskies over 10 years ago
Yeah- how cool are all those gorgeous girls with the nose pins that look like a crust of dried snot stuck on their nostril?
Gokie5 over 10 years ago
howthe, do you think Miley’s twerking is ever going to seem “quaint”? Heaven forbid!
sjsczurek over 10 years ago
There’s “cool” and there’s “stupid.” A safety pin through the nose is about as cool as smoking poison ivy. Not cool. Stupid.
dogday Premium Member over 10 years ago
Exactly the point. If there had been no Clara Bow (the “IT” girl) there would have been no Jean Harlow. If there had been no Jean Harlow there would have been no Marilyn Monroe….up to Miley. And if The Shadow seems tame now it’s only because there WAS a Shadow, leading to movies where you can’t tell the difference between the good guys and the bad guys. Examples are chosen at random, and the argument, “Yes, but there WAS a [insert name] and if not that someone else” doesn’t apply. If we rejected the first step there would be no second. But we didn’t and we don’t, and here we are talking about a young woman performing naked seeming quaint some day. About forty years ago there was fiction short story called “A Flourish of Strumpets” about the unthinkable future where prostitutes would solicit door-to-door and the havoc that wreaked on the relationship in the story. Unthinkable? Have you looked at your email lately? A Flourish of Strumpets has arrived, and it’s anything but quaint. So if Elly could delay her children from going down that road until their judgment was better developed, she was doing her job.
Argy.Bargy2 over 10 years ago
VERY happy birthday to you, and congrats to your sister for not giving in to the ‘cool’ thing to do!
Argy.Bargy2 over 10 years ago
Please let me know the site where Lynn is blogging, thanks!
dogday Premium Member over 10 years ago
I was going to let your reply go but your poor reading / assimilating skills combined with a pontifical tone irritated me. 1. The point about rejecting things was obviously that we did not do it as a society, coupled with the hope that we might learn from the past and never consider a thing like Ms. Cyrus’ performance as quaint. 2. Yes, that’s where those emails that I receive are also; I just wasn’t specific; and 3. Yes, Elly DID delay them, at least for one night. And yes, their judgment on that one night was that she wasn’t cool. The hope, again, is that after one of these instances they will reflect and learn. Please read what’s in front of you and stop formulating how to negate it before you assimilate it.
TheWildSow over 10 years ago
Re Wrecking Ball & quaintness. Josephine Baker was noted for performing nude – in the 1920s.
slsharris over 10 years ago
If you’re gonna recycle the strip, you ought to at least be consistent about the decade you’re living in! BOY GEORGE? PUNK ROCKERS? Please!