tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489685783704493755.post7674478373347489976..comments2023-07-26T09:55:48.093-04:00Comments on S. R. Wood: Violence and StoriesS R Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934872671798326776noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489685783704493755.post-40431108174776260662010-04-28T11:35:43.763-04:002010-04-28T11:35:43.763-04:00And does that witch with long bony fingers still l...And does that witch with long bony fingers still live under your bed??Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06873878223861672856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489685783704493755.post-4650405265325094892010-04-27T12:34:47.026-04:002010-04-27T12:34:47.026-04:00Maybe kids learning from movies alone is part of t...Maybe kids learning from movies alone is part of the problem, since a 2-hour live-action cartoon can't really express the nuances of good and evil that many of us will have to face.<br /><br />But a book can! Or so I hope.<br /><br />p.s. I thought the witch threatening to eat the children was totally awesome. What's the point of a witch who doesn't eat children?<br /><br />Doesn't mean I'm not still scared to walk down a dark hallway.S R Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08934872671798326776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489685783704493755.post-73582407554508960152010-04-23T18:44:52.436-04:002010-04-23T18:44:52.436-04:00M and I are going to see "Kick-Ass" this...M and I are going to see "Kick-Ass" this weekend, so I'll be better able to assess A.O. Scott's plaintive bleats afterward.<br /><br />You're right that "casual violence exists". Some would posit a corollary to that, which is that "considered and deliberate violence is sometimes necessary". Mainly to protect against that selfsame casual violence. What age is too young to learn that particular lesson? Good people may differ. Some children were and probably still are taught never to hit first, but always to hit back and to endeavor to be the one who hits last. And that ethos, consistently and judiciously applied, can stand one in good stead in a chaotic world. <br /><br />Not that I think "Kick-Ass" is the vehicle to teach kids that or any other lesson.Kennethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15811409158464040479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489685783704493755.post-48459849001939121762010-04-23T13:30:32.094-04:002010-04-23T13:30:32.094-04:00While I don't believe in being anesthetized or...While I don't believe in being anesthetized or making all our lives look like movies on the Hallmark channel, I do believe that in these very troubled and violent times with atrocities that our minds can barely comprehend--man's total inhumanity to man--that we all seek personal heroes, morality, and a sense that somewhere and sometime, there is goodness in the world that more than balances out the violence. We need to feel we can all cope and make a better place, not always be reminded about how awful and "real" the world is. I wasn't crazy about the witch threatening to burn Hansel and Gretel in her oven and eating the children.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06873878223861672856noreply@blogger.com