Dear Robin:
It reminded me of The Lottery also, but still, I get the feeling that it is
only women who are being tortured.
Madalyn
At 10:18 AM 5/6/97 -0400, you wrote:
>While I'm ashamed to say I've never read The Ones Who Walk Away, from
>descriptions I've heard many times over, it sounds very similar to a
>wonderful short film I saw way back in high school, called The Lottery.
>The premise was an idyllic (utopian) town, and once a year the citizens
>took part in a lottery, by which one person was selected and then stoned
>by the other citizens. The theme of the film was the way in which the
>brutal violence of the lottery was an outlet for agression and violence
>and injustice, without which the town's utopian life would not be
>possible.
>
>Which reminds me of the war games in Ecotopia. The author seems to posit
>a certain essential violence to humankind, predominantly but not
>exclusively men. The men, and some few women, need to use the violent and
>often deadly wargames to purge their violent/aggressive urges so that the
>peace and non-violence of the community can continue. As with most
>essentialist views of human nature I reject this philosophy.
>
>Robin Gordon
>
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>"I am the wall with the womanly swagger."
>Judy Grahn
>
>
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