I was just about to say that Irving gave a pretty negative portrayal of blowjobs in Garp....
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
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Sean K - May 31, 2005 6:54:42 am PDT #3525 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
tommyrot - May 31, 2005 6:54:47 am PDT #3526 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
John Irving wasn't exactly singing their praises in The World According to Garp.
Or was he just saying that women giving them to men who were not their husbands was bad?
(I read that book ages ago - one of the few things I remember was the blowjob Bobbit scene.)
Matt the Bruins fan - May 31, 2005 7:09:36 am PDT #3527 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think it's similar to the way aversion therapy isn't used on food cravings because the effect spreads too widely. The theaterfuls of guys wincing and crossing their legs at that scene in the movie version probably weren't making the distinction for their visceral reactions.
Sophia Brooks - May 31, 2005 7:40:36 am PDT #3528 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The funny thing about that scene was that it was cringe-worthy, tragic and funny as hell at the same time.
And John Irving has other issues (like bears and wrestling)
(big fan)
Matt the Bruins fan - May 31, 2005 7:46:56 am PDT #3529 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Guys, correct me if I'm wrong, but the "funny as hell" part of that would only seem to apply if the viewer didn't have a penis to start with. I did not laugh when watching.
Sophia Brooks - May 31, 2005 7:48:40 am PDT #3530 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Did you read it? Or just see it? Because the build-up was what was funny.
Also-- I have no penis.
Nutty - May 31, 2005 7:49:21 am PDT #3531 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Well, lacking the equipment in question, I did find it funny in the book (never seen any movie version). Funny in that "Oh no he did not!" way. It was all set up just so that the confluence of circumstances/cars/teeth was inevitable.
So, funny in that way of blowing away a secondary character in a Minearverse production can occasionally be funny, although the secondary character himself would greatly prefer not to be dead.
tommyrot - May 31, 2005 7:49:37 am PDT #3532 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I thought it was funny when I read it. I've never seen the movie.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 31, 2005 7:50:18 am PDT #3533 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I saw it before reading it, which may have colored the impression I got from the book. Then again, I can't recall finding any similar instances in literature amusing, either.
Nutty - May 31, 2005 8:13:02 am PDT #3534 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
There are more? Like, is it a major meme to have a scene where a woman gets a clonk on the head from behind while performing fellatio and thus bites off the object of her attention?? Next up: novels and movies where people performing cunnilingus are similarly clonked, and break their noses on the pubic bone.