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The Problem of the Body 01/24

Like John Waters channeled through Sir Kenneth Clark, Prof. Damon Rudman probes contemporary American attitudes toward bodily urges by comparing todays US media with jaw-dropping imagery from other times and places.
Damon Rudman is the Jonathan Wad Endowed Professor and Proctor of Scatology and Sexology at the Upper United States University (Up.U.S.U.). He asserts:
Many people decry the amount of sex and vulgarity in US media today. They feel that our society is losing its way, and they long for restoration of traditional decency. However, history and anthropology prove that prudishness has seldom been the norm. On the contrary, in comparison to other cultures, we still stand out as uncommonly ashamed of our bodies and their urges; acknowledging them is seen as perverse and suppressing them is seen as natural. By juxtaposing contemporary media with artifacts and verbal accounts from other cultures reaching back to the ancient Hebrews, I will deconstruct contemporary attitudes surrounding our urges for sex, food, sleep, and the defecatory urges (including belching, spitting, nose-picking, farting, pissing, and shitting). Expect mind-blowing edutainment, fun for your whole familydepending, ya know, on what your family is like!
Rudmans findings are uplifting, penetrating, and not as messy as you might think!Patrick Scully, impresario of Patricks Cabaret

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