If the younger me watched Team America: World Police, she would have left muttering and shaking her head, disgusted by the language and inappropriate scenes of sex and violence. If Singapore did let it through in the first place; it's too politically offensive. The fact that the characters are only marionettes doesn't make a diff. But the younger me was much… younger, more naive, less uncouth. Not that I'm now the opposite of those… far from it… I hope… but then, I was totally raw and green. Then, I didn’t watch South Park (although I was aware that they killed Kenny). Then, I thought that Analyze That was about as bad as it could get in terms of me watching a movie filled with four-letter words. High school introduced me to the vulgarities of the world, and then university almost completely filled my world with those. Hall life last year kick-started it, and I was surprised at myself for taking it all in. I still shake my head but nowadays it is done with laughter and an acknowledgement of this contemporary adolescent inclination towards the things less clean. Is this what young adult culture is nowadays? Is it just the environment I’m in, or is this happening everywhere? Like a stage when you reach a certain age and your generation undergoes a cultural revolution or something. I’m being swept along but I refuse to engage in such followings… trying hard. It’s hard to stay untainted, but it’s not impossible. Crudeness, bawdiness, lewdness… they threaten to corrupt and it takes much effort to resist.

posted by Husky @ 1/22/2005 07:27:31 PM  |