Prescriptivism and the cinema

[Wilson Gray]

Jesuits *are* remarkably tolerant. Indeed, they were once accused of
operating a special, gay "vice-province" - no pun - in NYC. When they
elected an American as Superior General, JPII came close to breaking
them up, for the second time in history. He blocked the election and
appointed a Sardinian - they have a really interesting language, which
is not to imply that there's any *unintersting* language, of course -
placeholder, till he had a chance to "get them told."

-Wilson

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> At 7/15/2010 03:51 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>>The Jesuit teaching the course
>>suggested that, as a mnemonic, we keep in mind the song title, "*Put
>>The Blame On* Mame."
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> Considering the content and aura of the movie as well as the song,
> and especially as danced by Hayworth (gyrations, slit skirt, and
> gloves and shoes shedded), a remarkably tolerant Jesuit.
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> Joel
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-Wilson
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