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...shield children from violence is pernicious," says Richard Wunderlich, co-author with Thomas J. Morrissey of the recently published cultural study, Pinocchio Goes Postmodern (Routledge; 257 pages). "In Italy the church fathers were once concerned that Pinocchio encouraged rebellion, where the current concern is that the story seems to reward obedience." Collodi's original conception still speaks to modern souls, says co-screenwriter Vincenzo Cerami, because "he's innocent, full of life, existing in an infantile Eden, looking for what Freud called the pleasure principle. He has to accept the principle of reality that includes death and a sense...
...shield children from violence is pernicious," says Richard Wunderlich, co-author with Thomas J. Morrissey of the recently published cultural study, Pinocchio Goes Postmodern (Routledge; 257 pages). "In Italy the church fathers were once concerned that Pinocchio encouraged rebellion, where the current concern is that the story seems to reward obedience." Collodi's original conception still speaks to modern souls, says co-screenwriter Vincenzo Cerami, because "he's innocent, full of life, existing in an infantile Eden, looking for what Freud called the pleasure principle. He has to accept the principle of reality that includes death and a sense...
...have the spend-thrift Republicans dumped over $250 million into unproven abstinence-only programs over the past five years? Because they wanted to reward the religious and right-wing groups that brought them to power. Nearly every group that receives abstinence funding is either faith-based or staunchly conservative, and has campaigned for the Republican party during the past few elections. In addition, many pro-life groups have begun to market themselves as providers of abstinence education to start receiving taxpayers’ money. Abstinence funding is simply another way to channel federal funds to reactionary groups...
...Best reward for staying low to the ground...
What artistic endeavor reaps such a reward? “Well, I remember being naked,” Nash declares as if the statement were a perfect sequitur. “I adapted ‘The Frenzies of Sweeny’ from the long poem by Seamus Heaney. At the end of the performance I was naked in the bottom of the Adams House Pool, on top of a pedestal, illuminated from beneath.” Nash pauses and lets out an amused sigh. “I look up and see my mother, Seamus Heaney and my father...