Friday, May 7, 2010
Sex in "Lamb"
Biff has sex. LOTS of sex. So much sex that I began to wonder if Moore included it as part of a larger narrative or characterization purpose, rather than simply for laughs. Was he successful playing [raunchy!] sex for laughs in biblically-based tales? Or did it distract from the story?
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I think that it plays on the fact that Biff and Joshua are opposites in many ways. Joshua can control his appetites, and Biff can not. Joshua can refrain from sex, Biff needs to have a lot of it. Joshua can walk away when confronted with a fight, but Biff tends to throw the first punch.
ReplyDeleteIt is comic effect, but also demonstrates tolerance and the fact that we can learn a lot from someone who is different than us if both parties are willing to have a conversation.