Books & Media & Movies 23 Sep 2008 08:39 pm
King of the Geats
If you’re familiar at all with Beowulf, either the epic Old English poem or the more recent movie adaptation of the same, you’ll enjoy this clip:
Apparently, the film incarnation of Beowulf sleeps with Grendel’s mother, a hideous beast whose equally monstrous son has been terrorizing the community. In the original poem, he hacks up Mom with a sword. “Make love, not war,” is the motto of this new-age hero.
on 24 Sep 2008 at 1.Kovac said …
I am on the floor at the Statehouse, rolling in laughter. Oh the tears.
Very, very nice. (And equally nice that you can post YouTube now.)