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Mitchell Lichtenstein's Teeth (2007/8) (Brad, the brother (his dog'…
Mitchell Lichtenstein's
Teeth
(2007/8)
What's the pleasure of
Teeth
expectations of gross, but not the content we expected
JUSTICE!
the idea of punishing men for violent, entitled access to women's bodies (in social, religious, and MEDICAL sites) and EDUCATION
laughing and screaming
"some hero"
The hero myth and scene
"conquer" and "break her power" Myths as male perspective centers men as active agents (dominantion)
Freud and psychoanalysis (Medusa and Venus tradition)
where are our identifications
cringe when penises are cut off?
does this promote/facilitate a sex negative approach to the world?
commentary on sexual repression and parody of "purity"
pride in penis; disrupting that fantasy
you deserve worse than your fingers getting bitten off
Laugh when we dismember members?
"spurting" as money shot; (Hi Linda Williams)
the temporality of sex/violence: the shot is delayed, then OVERLY late and lingering
How are we oriented to space?
the looming power plants
gives us backstory and explanation for Dawn's teeth
questions of class and suburbia
mom's cancer as caused by environmental pollution
mutation versus adaptation
vagina dentata as defense mechanism/defensive evolution (parallels rattlesnake teacher scene)
mutation feels "monster" and gross
evolution as progress
What are the discourses that police/discipline womne's bodies and women's sexualities?
Purity and religion
sex ed and schools (the sticker scene) the campy dialogue; teacher can't say vagina
state sanctions
mythology and history
"naturalized" discourses about what women ARE
Brad, the brother
"why did you make her my sister"
incest feelings
identifications?
his dog's name is mother, who eats his penis
foregrounds Freud and psychoanalysis
"I don't remember that bitch"
only does anal