This week was a big week for Little Cat in particular. Got out a bit. Learned some new obscenities. All in all a good week. He escaped while Human-Mom (a.k.a. Erika) was taking in the groceries. He made it as far as Orlando and visited a cat-house. (Please nobody tell him. Yeah, Little Cat puts up a lot of bluster but at heart he’s still a kitten. He thinks “cat-house” means “pet-store.”)
Anyway, he learned a bunch of words from the cats he met on his journey. Which led Big Cat to raise the question: If Little Cat is so smart, why does he feel the need to use obscenities? Can’t he express himself without resorting to those words. Little Cat brought up this study about how using obscenities correlates with higher intelligence. But Big Cat… um… he means well. Let’s just say the conversation went a bit over his head. Little Cat had to settle for calling his roommate a dipshit and telling him to go ride a bicycle without a seat. Pearls of wisdom before swine, really.
Obscenities… Your Thoughts?
As a writer, do you agree more with Paul Sheldon that obscenities are necessary to tell a good story? Or do you side with Annie Wilkes in thinking that obscenities are for no-good dirty-birdies? More to the point, what can be done to normalize the use of impolite language in polite discourse? Maybe we just need to be impolite? But there’s usually money at stake.
We’d love to hear your comments below.
Script by Adam Katz
Cinematography by Erika Grumet
Executive Producer: Rocket
Starring: Frob as Big Cat and Widget as Little Cat
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Two cats are sitting on a cushion, a large orange and a small grey. The orange asks the grey: “Little Cat, why do we purr?” The little grey takes a moment ,as if unsure of himself. Then answers: “I mean. I can’t speak for all of us, but I’m muttering graphic obscenities under my breath.”
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