Friday, February 15, 2008
Playwright Sounds Off on Jane Fonda's 'C-Word' Slip
People.com: "The Vagina Monologues author Eve Ensler was sitting next to Jane Fonda on the Today show Thursday, when the controversial actress dropped the C-word on live television."
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I am really glad to hear somebody who's exposing this "scandal" for what it really is: an opportunity to question our culture. While I don't think that this word needs to be used in everyday conversation let alone television, I do think the author makes a really good point about our cultural standards of appropriate language. That's why I think her work is important, not just because of what it does for women, but for the way in which it makes us uncomfortable, confronting us with something that's generally not talked about, at least not publically. I think it's true that we may be able to confront rape and abuse and horrible deaths in the media today, there's still something very taboo about these issues. Are they confronted in the right ways?
I think this is the beauty of theatre--it will push our expectations to expose a part of our cultural understanding that's never dealt with, that can make our world better.
I think the bigger deal about the use of the "c word" was not the vulgarity, but the use of it in front of Eve Ensler. I think it's good that she didn't take it too personally or make a big deal about it.
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