From: "Joy Matkowski" <
jmatkowski1@comcast.net>
> Not at all, Al. I'm finding the exchange
fascinating.
> I'll point out that a single tooth extraction is not
the same as
losing
> thirty teeth at once.
That's true. But we're getting into schoolboy/girl territory
here (would you rather have 26 teeth removed or have your
left eye sucked out?).
Incidentally, first scene I read after sending my last email
involved a violent exchange in which a few teeth were knocked
out (Day Keene: IF THE COFFIN FITS). I suspect that the loss
of teeth in scenes of fictional violence is always going to
figure highly. Teeth are an obvious symbol of aggression, so
knocking them out emasculates (or pacifies, if emasculation
isn't applicable).
Al
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