Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 12:55:26 -0400 From: Ostrow/Kaneda <so5-AT-is2.nyu.edu> Subject: Re: response to Brad {was Re: avant-garde failing-fortune >> I guess I'm unable to appreciate the "humour" of this piece. > >George, I don't intend to keep bothering you, but what does the above >mean, exactly? >Do you mean that when H&H say, for example, that they demand "Compulsory >adherence >of all clergymen and teachers to the Dadaist articles of faith" and >"Immediate >regulation of all sexual relations according to the views of international >Dadaism through establishment of a Dadaist sexual center", they expect >these demands >to be met? Or that they think that they have a program for political >action that >will realize these demands? Or what? How exactly do you see the intent >of this >piece? > >There is a difference between not appreciating the humour and reading the >piece >as if some of its most glaring features were a result of oversight or idiocy. >What reason is there to read it that way? > > >-m > I think we are missing the point that thisis a satire of the demand of the "church's" demand to be able to regulate peoples beliefs and behavior -- they are just presenting sentiments that were put forth seriously into a more frivilous context in order that their absudity be made apparent. --- from list avant-garde-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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