Comments on: What sarcasm means to a six-year-old http://www.salvagevanguard.org/blog/2006/08/28/what-sarcasm-means-to-a-six-year-old/ prepare for impact Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:09:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jason http://www.salvagevanguard.org/blog/2006/08/28/what-sarcasm-means-to-a-six-year-old/#comment-493 Jason Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:11:39 +0000 http://www.salvagevanguard.org/blog/2006/08/28/what-sarcasm-means-to-a-six-year-old/#comment-493 I arranged that, Julie. And, pending the performers' availability, I'd be happy to try to do the same at Maplewood. Do you have anything to do with that there? I arranged that, Julie. And, pending the performers’ availability, I’d be happy to try to do the same at Maplewood. Do you have anything to do with that there?

]]> By: Julie http://www.salvagevanguard.org/blog/2006/08/28/what-sarcasm-means-to-a-six-year-old/#comment-492 Julie Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:22:30 +0000 http://www.salvagevanguard.org/blog/2006/08/28/what-sarcasm-means-to-a-six-year-old/#comment-492 Who arranged the performance for Bryker Woods? Anyone want to try something for Maplewood? Simply wondering if the kids there would benefit from some SVT. Who arranged the performance for Bryker Woods? Anyone want to try something for Maplewood? Simply wondering if the kids there would benefit from some SVT.

]]> By: Lee http://www.salvagevanguard.org/blog/2006/08/28/what-sarcasm-means-to-a-six-year-old/#comment-303 Lee Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:42:59 +0000 http://www.salvagevanguard.org/blog/2006/08/28/what-sarcasm-means-to-a-six-year-old/#comment-303 I for one found myself trying to edit the script as we read. Kids don't know what a conservatory is and I couldn't really figure out where 'shut up' landed on the vulgarity list. When I was in elementary school, you couldn't say it and were encouraged to use 'hush up' instead. Apparently 'shut' is much more crass that 'hush.' I also remember having a jaw clench during the description of Castle Kraadmoore being 'hellish' and 'demonic' and the source of 'devil's work.' Don't get me started when we went into the details of how Mysterion was going to execute Timmy and Ben by making them think the phrase "I am dying" over and over again. I guess it's just my background in teaching theater for kids and the number of incident reports I'd have to do when a parent thought that a particular tongue twister I'd taught had too many death references. Or it could be because I went to an elementary school where <i>Charlotte's Web</i> and <i>Animal Farm</i> were taken off the shelves because they had talking animals with human-like vocabularies--- which was considered Satanic in Shreveport. No complaints for <i>The Roly Poly Puppy</i>, however. That was just cute Satanism. I for one found myself trying to edit the script as we read. Kids don’t know what a conservatory is and I couldn’t really figure out where ’shut up’ landed on the vulgarity list. When I was in elementary school, you couldn’t say it and were encouraged to use ‘hush up’ instead. Apparently ’shut’ is much more crass that ‘hush.’

I also remember having a jaw clench during the description of Castle Kraadmoore being ‘hellish’ and ‘demonic’ and the source of ‘devil’s work.’ Don’t get me started when we went into the details of how Mysterion was going to execute Timmy and Ben by making them think the phrase “I am dying” over and over again. I guess it’s just my background in teaching theater for kids and the number of incident reports I’d have to do when a parent thought that a particular tongue twister I’d taught had too many death references. Or it could be because I went to an elementary school where Charlotte’s Web and Animal Farm were taken off the shelves because they had talking animals with human-like vocabularies— which was considered Satanic in Shreveport.

No complaints for The Roly Poly Puppy, however. That was just cute Satanism.

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