Sunday, January 13, 2008

Watch where you put that thing...

I saw this trailer for a new movie called Teeth.  I think Firecracker George told us once of this ancient Native American legend/cautionary tale:

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Alright, dude, the last two posts have a strong chance of haunting my entire Monday. No more of that please.

Dutch said...

You remembered the legend! Yeah, Coyote let it break all it's teeth on a rock.

W2's discomfort aside, this is an interesting take on the primal fear of men being emasculated by women (either physically or metaphorically.) I sometimes wonder if this is at the root of misogyny.

Actually, come to think of it, I remember Wander telling me about a book he read with a theme like this, right down to the Latin phrase. That was my exposure to literature back in the day - Wander telling me about stuff he read.