Ha! :))

That's no pessimism, that's realism.

More, comparing pigs with humans is an insult for the pig.

Clarification

I don't get the last sentence. What does it mean to believe in a pig? To believe that it exists? if so, why is that pessimism?

You sometimes have sentences like this that get under my skin. I'm pretty sure that they are articulating a rather poorly developed thought and I wish I could ignore them. But I can't, because I'm also sure that some part of that thought will actually be interesting. If I could only find out what it was.

It takes me a few minutes to adjust and focus on other things. It is not completely unpleasant.

Michel

I didn't get that last sentece either. To believe that the pig is able? If not to talk, than to do something else? What's with the pig?

Michel

I didn't write "a pig" -- I wrote "the pig". "Bitter moon" can be found on youtube, but it' not a waste of money to buy the dvd.
This is the scene with the pig:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PseGe13f-K0&feature=PlayList&p=D7C561209DEBAF0B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=86

Oh, :(

At least today’s post made me humble: till now I thought I could understand everything, but alas, I still do not get the point.

...but what about the strip/dance scene!? Is that on Youtube too? Love it, along with the one in Lost Highway (platinum blonde Patricia Arquette stripping with a revolver against her head).

Bingo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oPm3AyIakQ

And even Lost Highway (I'm starting to like youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzHoXk7QGVI&feature=PlayList&p=81CDEA930940A1D2&index=55

@Tabatha
Indeed. Sex should be theatrical or not.

The pig

Arnon, thank you for pointing me to the relevant scene. I still don't get the pessimism remark. As clients sometimes say to me: I'm still confused, but at a higher level.

Michel

"If cou cannot convince them, confuse them," Harry Truman said.
Confusion at a higher level is the beginning of understanding. You are almost there.

Bernard

Why are you so judgmental about other people's sex lives?

"If cou cannot convince them, confuse them,"

Or call it dadaism.

Or irony.

Anything goes.

T.R.

I don’t believe that irony is first and foremost connected to confusion. And to describe Harry Truman as a Dadaist is a bit far-fetched.

@Arnon
The scenes evoked by Tabisha made me think of my earlier bold statement about theatrical sex. Ok, there is some judgment in my words, but merely as a counterweight to the overwhelming popular advertisement of so called ‘spontaneous sex’.
Even in my earliest sexual encounters I was a little bit more interested in the setting (a nice place, cushions, curtains, …) than in my partner.

@Arnon
… And not to forget ‘the scenario’. I even asked my first partner: “Would you prefer to come first or last?”.
How naïve and inexperienced I was then.

Arnon

I'll be confused for a little while longer. Don't get me wrong, I think confusion is a great state of mind. It's a bit like sexual arousal, it's great to feel, it's great to keep feeding it, but occasionally you need some release.

Bernard

You wrote your statement in quite an apodictic tone, that's why I asked.

Michel

When you need relief let me know.

@Arnon
Apodictic tone. Maybe. I have some weaknesses, concerning irony, you know.

Bernard

Is your apodictic tone a form of irony?

@Arnon
Yes (a mix of opinion, irony and provocation)