tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post21972236225618059..comments2024-01-07T05:28:45.522-08:00Comments on Thmazing's Thutopia: The Erotic in LDS Lit Part III: Test CaseTh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-55746283812181252082009-07-16T22:52:04.345-07:002009-07-16T22:52:04.345-07:00As you quoted Foxy above, that has been a thing I ...As you quoted Foxy above, that has been a thing I have hated about LDS readers/viewers.<br />How can we possibly judge anyone by a standard they either do not know or even accept?<br />Where much is given much is expected, but where little is given how much is expected? Reading and (to me) to a lesser degree viewing, are learning expieriences whether fiction or not and we shouldn't put our heads in the sand to realistic, human, god-like god-given activities.<br />LDS readers need to accept that there was a time before the restoration and that after such there are still a lot of people on the earth that have not heard (or cared)for their standards but it doesn't mean there is nothing of good report there. I think we all know (I'm lumping all of the literary snob sites together here) that when we seek enlightening fiction, it has not generally been coming from the narrow LDS market-but it should be, and it falls to the authors and to a lesser degree the publishers to provide such. Granted people need to have the courage to read it too.<br /><br />Too much? I plead the Lortab I am not taking anymore.nephite blood spartan hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092519999184585295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-2403579862615104592008-09-10T14:48:00.000-07:002008-09-10T14:48:00.000-07:00.Thank you! That is a very kind compliment..<BR/><BR/>Thank you! That is a very kind compliment.Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-41870969444902157922008-09-09T22:11:00.000-07:002008-09-09T22:11:00.000-07:00It was actually quite recent, a viewing inspired b...It was actually quite recent, a viewing inspired by Benjamin Thevenin's post on it on Toward and LDS Cinema. The name of the film? <I>The Fountain</I>.<BR/><BR/>I should point out that I have seen films with suggestive content that I found acceptable and even enlightening in context (Fellini's <I>8 1/2</I> comes to mind) but <I>The Fountain</I> is the only one with an actual sex scene that I thought added to the beauty of the film.<BR/><BR/>I also want to say that after reading your series thus far I took some time to read your <I>The Widower</I>. It so elegantly evoked my feelings for my own good wife that I was nearly brought to tears. Thank you for using your gifts for good instead of evil.Adam K. K. Figueirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00332366019568841848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-71822738849202851192008-09-09T17:42:00.000-07:002008-09-09T17:42:00.000-07:00.Thanks to you too, Adam. I've read your posts at ....<BR/><BR/>Thanks to you too, Adam. I've read your posts at Towards an LDSC (which, I think you'll agree, Trevor has made into one of the best sites around) and I'm happy you're stopping by.<BR/><BR/>But please do tell: which film passed the Adam Test?Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-73728484576934701232008-09-09T16:08:00.000-07:002008-09-09T16:08:00.000-07:00You know, this is really interesting to me because...You know, this is really interesting to me because I have the same problem with adolescent ultra-prudery that you describe. And yet, the first time I tried to seriously write after being married, I felt that I could not express the truth I felt about certain characters without writing about their sexual relationship. <BR/><BR/>It was only one sentence and it was not explicit in any way, but it was openly about sex, and it seemed right when nothing else did.<BR/><BR/>I've seen you commenting around the web and I don't know if you've seen me, but if you have then you probably know I'm really guarded about sexual content of any kind. I've only seen one film ever, for example, in which I found a sex scene neither offensive nor unnecessary. <BR/><BR/>But I find myself feeling refreshed by your writing on this topic and agreeing with you more than I expected. Thanks.Adam K. K. Figueirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00332366019568841848noreply@blogger.com