So there was this thing, with the escalation of awfulness...

[featherynscale]

So the other day, I was reading ursulav, who was talking about how people continually compare her art to Labyrinth, which she doesn't care for. Some clever bugger in the comments directed her to this essay, which purports to enlighten us on the Christian symbolism in Labyrinth. Now, I like symbolism as much as the next guy, so what did I do? I clicked the Internet, which by now we all know is a poor idea.

Now, for the rest of this to make any sense, you're going to have to read the damned thing. Or at least skim it. Go ahead, click it. I'll wait.

OK, done? So here's my question: Serious or Satire? Points in favor of Seriousness: writer leads off with desire to quit web for Jesus, writer displays little to no knowledge of Christianity, or vaginas. Points in favor of Satire: archived on a humor site (though not written for?), mentions Cronenberg. What do you think?

Also, it is my firm belief that I could write a better essay on Christian symbolism in Labyrinth, and I don't believe that there are any. I mean, the parallels are sort of fun: Sarah as Christ, descending into Hell to save future humanity (Toby), Ludo as St. Peter (upon this rock...), Hoggle as Judas (no commentary necessary), the scene in the junkyard where a goblin offers Sarah her dolls and toys if she'll forget about the baby as the 40 days in the desert schtick, etc. There's also a strong temptation to cast Sir Didymus as the Archangel Michael, but I'm trying to resist it.

Not that there's any point in it. We all know that Labyrinth is just an allegory for the confrontation with the shadow self, as described by Jung and Campbell an excuse to spend a lot of time thinking about David Bowie's crotch.

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[zanzaboonda.livejournal.com]

This is the part that confused me the most.

She's finally shown the way by a little worm, meant obviously to be seen as a phallic symbol. Why, he even has a quaint little cockney accent. The little penis shows Sarah which way is the right way, and even tries to prevent her from a path that leads to Satan.

Um... Is that another anti-gay thing? Please tell me why she said a penis would lead her down the path to God... lol

Actually, I'm fairly certain this was meant to be funny. Whether it was or not is debatable, but the scary thing is how believable it was that someone would really write and think such a thing.

But considering she had six posts after that (when she was supposedly leaving) and that her previous reviews included "Rating the Lesbians, Volume 7" lol, I'm sure she meant it in good humor.

But I think you're right. I think you could have done a better job.