Re: RARA-AVIS: MotherXXXX A (possibly but hopefully not too)
offensive question
MT (matrxtech@sprintmail.com)
Wed, 06 Jan 1999 23:52:47 -0500
By 1965, Henry Miller's Tropics had already been published in
the US, so
that, at least theoretically, Himes could have written
"motherfucker"
without fear of obscenity charges. However, it is possible that
his
publisher wanted to forestall trouble and suggested the
change.
Actually, in the peculiar private language of Coffin Ed and
Grave
Digger, "mother-raper" sounds strangely appropriate.
Regards,
mt
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