Sunday, June 22, 2008
CURMUDGEON
George Carlin was a curmudgeon at an early age.
I listened very closely to him in his middle years. Recent years, not so much. Curmudgeon has a limited shelf life.
But it is sad to lose him on the march.
Hard not to notice he and I are the same age.
He was the master of the rant and the mocking, questioning of authority.
In the 70s he was a real gadfly. Effective, and I think, affecting society. He spoke to the core movers and shakers of the time. He hated hypocrisy.
The most famous bit were the 7 words you cannot say on television: "shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits"!
He read them out as though they were a kind poetry. As, I suppose they are.
His point was not to to shock, merely. His point was deeper , that words have great power. So much so that they need to be held prisoner.
George Carlin, a freedom guy if there ever was one.George Carlin, Splenetic Comedian, Dies at 71
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