Gadianton wrote:...neglecting the arts in its favor of sciences and athletics...
Funny on many levels.
Gadianton wrote:...neglecting the arts in its favor of sciences and athletics...
Gadianton wrote:As most of you are aware, coming up mid-august is our university's first critic-apologist rowing competition. While the faculty at Cassius University has mostly been optimistic about this "bridge-building" event, there has arisen some criticism that Cassius is neglecting the arts in its favor of sciences and athletics. As Dean of this school, I've found myself troubled over what appears to be a valid criticism. So not long ago, I called an emergency faculty meeting to brianstorm over how we might bring the school back into balance. The result of this discussion, a solid first step toward our goal, is the creation of a new department, the school of Mopologetic Aesthetic Hygiene. I for one am very excited about this program and encourage all students to get a copy of the updated course catalog for fall. For your convenience, below is the augmented section.
Gadianton wrote:The School of Mopologetic Aesthetic Hygiene
Course offerings for Fall Semester 2009
MAH 101: Discerning "Trash" from "Real Art" - This course teaches students the basics of selecting "respectable" art from the Mopologetic point of view. Special attention is given over to knowing how to reject anything that is bawdy, anything that contains profanity, or anything that features sexuality beyond a 6th grade level.
Gadianton wrote:MAH 102L: Students registered for MAH 101 are encouraged to enroll in MAH 102L concurrently. A lab focused on Mopologetic interpretations of the dramatic work Camelot. Students will employ the safe, one-to-one method of symbol interpretation and appreciate how they are "Knights of the Round Table" (priesthood-holding apologists) valiantly defending "Camelot" (the Church).
Gadianton wrote:MAH 123: High Art vs. "Low" Art. Discusses strategies Mopologists use to avoid seeming like uneducated, humorless philistines. In particular, the course addresses Mopologetic favoritism shown towards classicist art, and the seemingly-savvy dismissals of "low" forms like the Broadway musical, or "non-serious" operas like Rigoletto.
Gadianton wrote:MAH 301: Understanding Mopologetic Humor. This course explores the reasons why apologists are unfamiliar with post-Marx Brothers American comedy, with a special emphasis on their grimly humorless attitudes towards "edgy" or "bawdy" comedians like Chris Rock, Sam Kinnison, Sacha Baron Coehn, and Ellen DeGeneres. The course will also examine the Mopologetic technique of accusing Church critics of being "humorless" in the light of Mopologetic bad behavior.
Gadianton wrote:MAH 302: An intense study of the conflicts between privilaging the GA-approved safety of Marx Brothers thematic tools and the stereotypical tone of the establishment found in the apologists' grim dismissals of critics' tastes as uncultured. Attention will also be paid to role reversals where the apologists let go the contradiction of preserving 18th Century Europe from a 1950's TBM living room and style themselves as "wicked and irreverant" commedians, engaging in cheap insults and bathroom humor while castigating critics as stale.
Gadianton wrote:MAH 460R: Understanding Der Zauberflote as a "Degenerate" Text. This course looks at Mozart's The Magic Flute (Der Zauberflote) from the Mopologetic point of view, helping students to understand why this rates as the most "anti-Mormon" in the composer's canon. In particular, discussions and analyses will cover the Masonic motifs littered throughout the libretto, with emphasis on their ties to Mormonism. Due to spurious readings of anti-Mormon liturature, permission must be obtained by the MAH department head to enroll in this course.
Gadianton wrote:MAH 461R: Special Seminar on Gender Issues. Examines reasons why apologists hate art created by females, and the way(s) that this attitude intersects with beliefs pertaining to the priesthood. The course also looks at favored Mopologetic artists like Wagner and Eliot, with an eye to understanding the relevance of the "martyred masculinity" evident in their work.
Gadianton wrote:MAH 499R: Senior thesis, for MAH majors only. Students will compose a single essay suitable for publication utilizing the principles learned in their undergraduate careers as rhetorical tools servicing the seemingly unrelated Mopologetic end of their choice.
maklelan wrote:Gadianton wrote:The School of Mopologetic Aesthetic Hygiene
Course offerings for Fall Semester 2009
MAH 101: Discerning "Trash" from "Real Art" - This course teaches students the basics of selecting "respectable" art from the Mopologetic point of view. Special attention is given over to knowing how to reject anything that is bawdy, anything that contains profanity, or anything that features sexuality beyond a 6th grade level.
My favorite artist is Gustav Klimpt. I've never been called a bad Mormon because of it, and I rather enjoyed touring his section of the Belvedere the last time I was in Austria. I intend to go again next summer when I'm in Austria with my wife.
Daniel Peterson wrote:Personal note: If I don't mention such things as this, the Scratches accuse me of liking paintings only by Arnold Friberg, Greg Olsen, and the staff of the Ensign.
Morrissey wrote:The Magic Flute certainly beats "My Turn on Earth."
Doctor Scratch wrote:Is there something wrong with liking such things? Is it somehow "unhip" or "uncool" to like Friberg, Olsen, and etc.?
Daniel Peterson wrote:Doctor Scratch wrote:Is there something wrong with liking such things? Is it somehow "unhip" or "uncool" to like Friberg, Olsen, and etc.?
You tell me, Scratch.
I never brought this stuff up.
Daniel Peterson wrote:Klimt is a favorite of mine, too. My wife and I have a print of Der Kuss hanging on the wall in our bedroom.
Daniel Peterson wrote:We bought it at the Belvedere, which is one of our favorite places in Vienna, which is one of our favorite places anywhere. We've also spent time at the Vienna Secession exhibit hall, mostly because of its association with Gustav Klimt.
Daniel Peterson wrote:I don't remember where or how I first came across Klimt. I don't think it was in my high school German classes, where, along with the language -- I had a superb teacher -- we learned about art, architecture, and music in the German-speaking world. We studied Klee and Feininger (another of my favorites) and Kokoschka and etc., but, for some reason, unless I'm mistaken, we didn't do Gustav Klimt.
Daniel Peterson wrote:Personal note: If I don't mention such things as this, the Scratches accuse me of liking paintings only by Arnold Friberg, Greg Olsen, and the staff of the Ensign. If I do mention such things as this, I'm accused of showing off and dropping names. The important thing from the Scratchist point of view is that I be attacked.
Daniel Peterson wrote:You've done it several times over the past few months.
You've faulted my tastes in music, literature, art, film, and comedy, and have done so repeatedly.