Re: RARA-AVIS: when a cigar is not a cigar award

From: Thomas Bauduret ( suspiria@club-internet.fr)
Date: 12 Apr 2002


HemŠ I don't want to know what she saw in the name "Effie"Š

T.
>
> **********************
> The symbolism inherent in her name [Birdie]
> also underscores her androgynous state. Birds can be
> regarded as phallic symbols; their cylindrical bodies and
> erect heads contribute to this interpretation, as well as
> the common use of the word "bird" as a euphemism for "penis."
> Thus, through her name Miss Keppel gains a kind of phallus,
> in keeping with the power she wields as keeper/giver of
> information. However, it is only a small one (a "birdie"):
> her "phallic" status, like Effie's, is limited, likewise
> rendering her "not-quite."
> **********************
>
> footnote: the name of the award is a paraphrase of freud's
> insightful comment, "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar,"
> noted in an earlier post.
>
> loving every second of it, miker
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