Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Sex, Death, Violence, Odysseus and X-Box

Is it just me or is the Greek world full of death, aggression, and sex?

It makes me wonder about media today. We hear that we have violence and sex in our entertainment. We do. Still the "classics" are chocked full of it as well. I off-handedly say, "You want classy violence and sex, then read great literature."

Here's a question to consider: Has entertainment and literature always been full of sex, death and violence? Is today's material really different? If so, how?

2 comments:

Gregory Becker said...

sex, violence, and crazy stuff, back then, had class & depth. That's the difference.

ashleyguz said...

class, depth, and it wasn't so in your face...

have you guys ever seen An Affair to Remember? When Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr kiss for the first time it's the most amazing chills down your spine beautiful kiss in a movie...and it's never even shown. it's simply implied.