Now my impression was that penises did pop up out of nowhere, more or less. You're going about your daily routine and something rather unignorable pops up and says Hi! Pay attention to *me*.
I know American culture in general can't get serious about penises (puritanism + eternal youth = twelve year old attitudes) but that doesn't make the topic intrinsically hilarious. Good for Bradbury for bucking the unthinking 'penis haw haw haw' mindset, because really, isn't it about time the culture grew up? I think you'll find as the Boomers age that there'll be a lot more written about the sense of abandonment as our bodies desert us. And that includes the genitals, very importantly.
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Re: Taking it in context would require it to not have popped up suddenly from nowhere, I think
Date: 2006-11-13 04:08 pm (UTC)I know American culture in general can't get serious about penises (puritanism + eternal youth = twelve year old attitudes) but that doesn't make the topic intrinsically hilarious. Good for Bradbury for bucking the unthinking 'penis haw haw haw' mindset, because really, isn't it about time the culture grew up? I think you'll find as the Boomers age that there'll be a lot more written about the sense of abandonment as our bodies desert us. And that includes the genitals, very importantly.