>On the totally separate subject of satire and the need (?) to label it, >I'm bewildered about this request. Have we entered an age when it's >necessary to tell people "Don't take this seriously" or "You can laugh >now"? I find that an integral part of satire and parody is getting part >way into it before you realize it IS parody or satire. >Sid I agree with Sid on this one. But then, I'm one of those mean teachers who gives students Horace Miner's 1950s ethnography "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" (American Antrhopologist (58)3:503-507, 1958) each semester without warning. The impact of this gem is the shock of recognition of the object of concern. If you don't know it, run and get a copy. Tom Tom Kruse / Casilla 5812 / Cochabamba, Bolivia Tel/Fax: (591-42) 48242 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
