FIRST CANTO
Introducing the Alligator’s Tonsils
The work mounts a bawdy, comic satire of prudish censorship by following a coquettish young woman called Cutie and the officious, self-righteous Herman Pupick, whose attempts to police sexual candor lead to farcical misunderstandings and moral hypocrisy. Interspersed with a prefatory polemic on obscenity and taste, the episodic narrative uses exaggerated caricature, punchy set pieces, and ribald humor to expose arbitrariness in moral policing while celebrating candid portrayals of desire.
Introducing the Alligator’s Tonsils