Benny as Angel of Death

Krafft, John M. krafftjm at muohio.edu
Thu Feb 10 02:44:46 CST 2011


(Is this just too obvious for anyone to have mentioned, or did I miss it, or what?)

In his Angel-of-Death routine, Benny "condemns" his victims to impregnate and be impregnated. One early critic (maybe even a reviewer or two) got all huffy about Profane's promoting sterility, missing the point of what putting thumbtacks through condoms does to their effectiveness.

jmk



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