033: Six Seven

We talk about the term “Gerry-rigged,” something called semantic bleaching, the “6-7” meme and other Gen Z slang, the f-word, hot sauce as a metaphor for cussing, Eddie Murphy, South Park, the court jester, dominatrixes, “John Barron,” immunity to shame as a superpower, Maoist China, Peter Thiel, psychopaths, the devolution of language in Mike Judge’s film “Idiocracy,” Trump’s limited vocabulary, measuring language, Isak Dinesen, learning versus mastering English, translation as an art, Robert Bly, Yoko Tawada, screen adaptations that are better than the books (John Irving, Stephen King, Station Eleven), Game of Thrones, Black Rabbit (Netflix).Mentioned in this episode:The World According to Garp (1982 Robin Williams film, adapted from the novel by John Irving, directed by George Roy Hill)The Number 23 (2007 Jim Carrey film, directed by Joel Schumacher)South Park s09e09 “Marjorine” where Butters fakes his own death to infiltrate the girls and steal their fortune-telling device.Foxcatcher (2014 film starring Steve Carrell as John DuPont and Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo as the champion wrestler Schultz brothers)Black Rabbit (Netflix)Dr. Taylor Jones (PhD in Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania) analyzes the 6-7 meme: https://youtu.be/laZpTO7IFtA This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit satellitehaiku.substack.com