Quote of the Day | 1211
He tried out on us, in a workshop, a central joke in Slaughterhouse Five. He said the crucifixion story didn’t teach compassion. What the story really illustrated was that it was okay to murder somebody: Just be sure he’s not well connected. He laughed until he wheezed, when he told us. We laughed too. In a revised more moral story, he said, a nobody would be crucified. Just before he died, God would adopt him. That story would teach that any nobody could be the Son of God. Our response let him know we thought that idea was superb.
Suzanne McConnell, ‘Kurt Vonnegut at the Writers’ Workshop’
[x]#9532 fan zondag 11 december 2011 @ 13:10:46
