offended

I was not offended. My class had a discussion about being offended. It was very thought provoking. I used to get offended, but have been less so recently and a friend made a very interesting comment. She said "its like the department is breeding us not to get offended". Its almost like we're not allowed to be offended. However, I think being offended is a very reasonable response to somethings. Why can't I be offended when someone uses the word (warning: a word that is sometimes found offensive is coming up, weak of heart turn away) cunt. I think most normal people should be offended by it, but then they keep telling us that we're not normal: we're writers. Ha. Well, besides that we moved on to what would cause a modern audience to tear a theater down because of the performance. Now this sort of thing actually happened once upon a time. When Ibsen's A Doll's House first opened the audience refused to leave the theater at the end because they refused to believe the ending (I will not spoil it for you), it is also said that they rioted after the show, when they finally left the theater. Also, in France, a play called Ubu Roi, which roughly translates to Ubu the King, the audience actually distroyed the theater, they tore the entire building down. The only modern equivilent I can think of is when people in LA rioted after the Lakers' games. I think they rioted twice. Once when the won and once when they lost. Who knows about that one, even I don't want to specualte. Anyway, the point I'm getting at is that it would be very interesting to teach or take a class on "How to Offend your Audience". I thought it would be amusing. That's all. P.S. the movie Ed Wood, by Tim Burton with Johnny Dep is hilarious.