Comments on: Culture Reference Clash! http://www.motleyvision.org/2008/culture-reference-clash/ Mormon Arts and Culture Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:30:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anneke Majors http://www.motleyvision.org/2008/culture-reference-clash/comment-page-1/#comment-32297 Anneke Majors Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:36:43 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=438#comment-32297 My Stake President once secured his popularity with the YM/YW crowd by comparing the suit he wore to his first dance with Napoleon Dynamite's. :) My Stake President once secured his popularity with the YM/YW crowd by comparing the suit he wore to his first dance with Napoleon Dynamite’s. :)

]]> By: Paul Slaughter http://www.motleyvision.org/2008/culture-reference-clash/comment-page-1/#comment-32270 Paul Slaughter Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:01:00 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=438#comment-32270 I once heard a member of a Stake Presidency, in a Stake Priesthood Meeting, mention a song from his youth that asked the question, "Who are you? Who?" I spent the remainder of his talk thinking of CSI. (If you don't get the reference, the song is used as the theme song for the TV show.) I don't even remember the point of his talk, just that he made an unintended reference to a popular TV show. I once heard a member of a Stake Presidency, in a Stake Priesthood Meeting, mention a song from his youth that asked the question, “Who are you? Who?” I spent the remainder of his talk thinking of CSI. (If you don’t get the reference, the song is used as the theme song for the TV show.) I don’t even remember the point of his talk, just that he made an unintended reference to a popular TV show.

]]> By: Anneke Majors http://www.motleyvision.org/2008/culture-reference-clash/comment-page-1/#comment-32267 Anneke Majors Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:53:18 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=438#comment-32267 Funny! It kind of bothers me, though, that he quantified the principles in <i>Preach My Gospel</i>. The whole point of <i>Preach My Gospel</i> being, of course, the end of quantifiable, formulaic gospel teaching. I would have much rather seen him write "The basic principles of the gospel, as taught in <i>Preach My Gospel</i>" or somesuch. Funny! It kind of bothers me, though, that he quantified the principles in Preach My Gospel. The whole point of Preach My Gospel being, of course, the end of quantifiable, formulaic gospel teaching. I would have much rather seen him write “The basic principles of the gospel, as taught in Preach My Gospel” or somesuch.

]]> By: Kent Larsen http://www.motleyvision.org/2008/culture-reference-clash/comment-page-1/#comment-32264 Kent Larsen Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:06:27 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=438#comment-32264 Just to make my point a little clearer, I've modified the post, adding the sentence "Of course, he didn’t intend a reference to the Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy." When I reread the post, I realized that some readers might have thought that the reference was intended by this General Authority. It clearly wasn't. Just to make my point a little clearer, I’ve modified the post, adding the sentence “Of course, he didn’t intend a reference to the Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”

When I reread the post, I realized that some readers might have thought that the reference was intended by this General Authority. It clearly wasn’t.

]]> By: Kent Larsen http://www.motleyvision.org/2008/culture-reference-clash/comment-page-1/#comment-32263 Kent Larsen Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:51:28 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=438#comment-32263 Perhaps you are right, Anne. But I don't think so. I don't think that remembering a talk because of an unintended reference to popular culture makes the talk "good teaching." It would be better to remember the talk for its content and subject. I did like the talk in a lot of ways. But I really don't want to delve into literary criticism (or any kind of criticism) of the talk. [Although I think that I can't help but analyze things as I hear them -- a hazard of this avocation, I think.] Perhaps you are right, Anne.

But I don’t think so. I don’t think that remembering a talk because of an unintended reference to popular culture makes the talk “good teaching.” It would be better to remember the talk for its content and subject.

I did like the talk in a lot of ways. But I really don’t want to delve into literary criticism (or any kind of criticism) of the talk. [Although I think that I can't help but analyze things as I hear them -- a hazard of this avocation, I think.]

]]> By: Anne Bradshaw http://www.motleyvision.org/2008/culture-reference-clash/comment-page-1/#comment-32262 Anne Bradshaw Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:42:10 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=438#comment-32262 Culture clash or not, you won't forget the talk, or the reason for it, or how it made you feel when you understood. That's good teaching :-) Culture clash or not, you won’t forget the talk, or the reason for it, or how it made you feel when you understood. That’s good teaching :-)

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