Last ‘comprehensible’ taboo

Saw this at the Touchstone blog.

Apparently the Sundance Film Festival has premiered a film about bestiality. A review is here. I noted that the person who wrote the review used the terms ‘elegant’ and ‘beautiful’ to describe this movie on a subject the director describes as “the last taboo, on the boundary of something comprehensible.” Not long ago it would have been incomprehensible. The way things are going in a few years it will not only be ‘comprehensible’ but no longer taboo, and what is today unimaginable will be comprehensible. I also noted that twice the term ‘marriage’ was used as a metaphor to describe the movie’s style.

One thought on “Last ‘comprehensible’ taboo

  1. “It happens,” the filmmaker said, “so it’s part of who we are.”

    Some people say discussing or even thinking about a topic desensitizes us to that topic and allows us to rationalize anything. And so taboos are born. I just can’t believe that thinking something or discussing any topic affects my judgment of good and bad. Obviously though, the language used to describe this film is, err, odd.

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