tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post5721835499248381359..comments2024-03-28T16:39:46.847-04:00Comments on Tellers of Weird Tales: Whips, Chains, Bondage, and Torture-1936-1943Terence E. Hanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-80811398691852047542017-05-19T21:14:16.123-04:002017-05-19T21:14:16.123-04:00Matthias,
I'm glad to be of service. Thanks f...Matthias,<br /><br />I'm glad to be of service. Thanks for reading and thanks for writing.<br /><br />THTerence E. Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-28605522671207327512017-05-16T07:48:55.676-04:002017-05-16T07:48:55.676-04:00Terence,
thank you for this great site! I'm a ...Terence,<br />thank you for this great site! I'm a german WT-Fan, your blog is very usefull! MatthiasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-61412754787025514732017-05-15T16:33:19.336-04:002017-05-15T16:33:19.336-04:00Matthias,
I read Keller's story after posting...Matthias,<br /><br />I read Keller's story after posting this article. You're right, the woman in the picture is the Tiger Cat of the title. You wouldn't know it to look at Margaret Brundage's illustration, but she is actually the villain in the story, and the men are her victims.<br /><br />Thanks for writing.<br /><br />THTerence E. Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-35400575083949324342017-05-15T16:19:38.789-04:002017-05-15T16:19:38.789-04:00October 1937 - This woman in Keller's Story ha...October 1937 - This woman in Keller's Story has not a whip for self defence! She is a maniac sadistical opera singer and tortured her male victims in her cellar. Matthias Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-9610338776111360442017-01-25T07:49:55.906-05:002017-01-25T07:49:55.906-05:00Had I been alive in the 1930s, any of these covers...Had I been alive in the 1930s, any of these covers by Margaret Brundage would have been reason enough for me to buy the first seven issues pictured here. The center three are especially effective in that they are rather ambiguous, thus making me curious about the stories which they represent.<br />The May '37 cover clearly shows a woman in peril. She is lying bound with flames surrounding her. But is the man with the knife another threat, or is he a rescuer? <br />The October "37 cover is one that I think you were referring to as an image of a woman defending herself with a whip. Perhaps. But my impression is that she also could be a dominant figure whipping manacled slaves.<br />The Living Budhess title would seem to indicate that the woman on the November '37 cover is an object of worship. But the fact that she is bound and has a rather distressed countenance infuses the scene with a delicious air of mystery. <br /><br />Fiorello La Guardia's campaign against obscenity brings to mind another NYC mayor who tried the same thing three decades later. In 1972 Mayor John Lindsay launched a crusade against pornography in downtown Manhattan's 42nd Street, which at the time was indeed the nation's smut capitol, with prostitutes, strip clubs, massage parlors and "adult" movie theaters crammed together one after another for block after block.<br />During this campaign Lindsay specifically mentioned the film Deep Throat as the type of movie, the sort of inexcusably immoral smut, that he wanted to drive out of New York. <br />Not surprisingly, this had just the opposite of his intended effect. <br />Most people had never heard of this film, but suddenly the populace was very curious. Soon theaters in New York were filled to capacity, had lines around the block, as throngs poured in to see what all the hubbub was about.<br />The fascination with this cheap, minor porn film spread across the country. If not for Mayor Lindsay, Deep Throat would have come and gone largely un noticed. Instead, it became on of the most famous cultural icons of the seventies. Linda Lovelace became the first -- and thus far only -- porn star to achieve superstardom in this country. <br />Many controversial artists and voices owe a great debt of gratitude to their loudest critics. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00263957025573611416noreply@blogger.com