Many filmgoers are more upset by foul language in movies than depictions of violence and sex. What use are bad words? Why do they exist?
Join Dann Gire (film critic of Chicago’s suburban newspaper THE DAILY HERALD, as well as the founder and president of the Chicago Film Critics Association, and adjunct instructor at Aurora and Harper Colleges) in an examination of the history and purpose of swear words as part of a Harper College Lifelong Learning class. You must register at (847) 925-6300 or go to harpercollege.edu.
Cost: $50 general admission; $25 for Lifelong members.
Course Title: x#&%o!: THE HISTORY OF SWEAR WORDS
Course Number: LSE 0666
THURSDAY, June 25, 6:30-8:30p.m.
Wojcik Center, Room 219
Harper College, Palatine