VLVL (13) - Cesare Lombroso

Bekah Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net
Wed Mar 11 08:28:07 CDT 2009


Yeah-  symbolic is the wrong word -  just say 'puts me in mind of.'

Bekah


On Mar 11, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Michael Bailey wrote:

> Bekah <Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Ever since Laura said that I've been kind of thinking along the  
>> lines of
>> Reagan and the "evil empire."    Reagan was, to some,  very  
>> charismatic and
>> pretty good looking (for an older gent with Grecian Formula hair)   
>> - he had
>> the Mr. Superman body in his younger days.    I think Frenesi  
>> going for that
>> ideal,  that personna,  is  symbolic of America doing it.   All  
>> that fascism
>> - it looks so good,  strong,  manly.
>>
>
> de gustibus...
>
> b-but anyway...
> what do you think about the angel-clipped-wing shoulder blades in the
> moonlight of Frenesi, and then the dreams of Brock of being forced to
> copulate with women who descended at an angle from above?
>
> not to mention the squelched female persona?  is this Jung or does
> Freud have that animus/anima thing as well?
>
>
> -- 
>  - "Be groovy or B movie" - the old 24fps signoff




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