The sexual connotations of murder ...
I watched "Arindhum Ariyalum" a couple of days ago with Novich. Quite good.
Arya, who is the "hero" of the movie, is the son of an underworld don. He is an absolute hothead and is ever-ready to cut up people with his "aruval".
In the Tamil slang that is used by the goondas, "poatturuvaen" means "I will kill him". Strangely enough, the same word can be used to refer to sexual intercourse as well.
When I heard Arya running around using this phrase, it triggered a memory in my mind of a scene from the God Father (which I have read about 50 times).
When Michael kills McCluskey and Sollozzo and gets into the get-away car driven by Tessio (the safety valve caporegime), Tessio asks him "Did you do the job on Sollozzo ?" which again is a phrase that could be used to refer to the act of seducing a woman.
How did murder get this sexual connotation ?
Arya, who is the "hero" of the movie, is the son of an underworld don. He is an absolute hothead and is ever-ready to cut up people with his "aruval".
In the Tamil slang that is used by the goondas, "poatturuvaen" means "I will kill him". Strangely enough, the same word can be used to refer to sexual intercourse as well.
When I heard Arya running around using this phrase, it triggered a memory in my mind of a scene from the God Father (which I have read about 50 times).
When Michael kills McCluskey and Sollozzo and gets into the get-away car driven by Tessio (the safety valve caporegime), Tessio asks him "Did you do the job on Sollozzo ?" which again is a phrase that could be used to refer to the act of seducing a woman.
How did murder get this sexual connotation ?
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