Word: sinned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...letters of a word to make them seem like initials; reverse the natural order of syntax in a phrase; don't worry if the meaning gets lost in the process as long as the result looks uncommon. Following these simple guidelines, Cornelia Ravenal rearranged that hackneyed phrase, "the original sin," into the bogus poetry of "SIN...the original." It's a title that pokes fun at cliche by blowing it up, flaunting it, the way pop art does, as though it were profound. It works on the principle that the inverse of any cliche may well be a joke, since...
...life before they've even had any practice with them. Their delight in the proverbial saws that sprout in their minds as spontaneously as noxious weeds and the stereotypical sex roles they struggle to come to terms with contrast ludicrously with the tolerant anarchy of their natural environment. But SIN slathers on too many platitudes, using them with a complacency that allows the satire to go limp. When they can't figure out how to skew it for laughs, Ravenal and Zippel tend to lean on cliche as a crutch, until you begin doubting whether they're aware...
...musical attempts a whimsically feminist revision of the story of original sin. But since feminism can be as conventional as sexism, the whimsey--rather than the protest against the myth's male bias--wins out. The notion that God might be a she instead of a he is amusing to play with. And if the first woman had gone by description alone, she might, like Ravenal's Eve, have assumed that the forbidden fruit was a cranberry and have served up apple pies with innocent impunity. Adam proves to be inept at naming the animals, and the simian creature that...
...Sin..the Original--Loeb...
...Sin...the Original--Loeb...