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Oedipus Hex
26 January 2005Eight-year-old Sholom Auslander's father is an abusive bastard, but young Sholom is a first-rate yeshiva boy -- smart enough to know that his sins will rack up his father's account, and, if he's lucky, force Hashem to kill his dad. What's a nice Jewish boy to do? Steal, lie, "touch myself," and chant "shit, fuck, and ass a dozen times each" before bedtime. Does it work? Go to "Act III," "Oedipus Hex," of last week's This American Life to find out. A grown-up Auslander -- no rabbi -- tells the tale beginning at minute 38 of the program.
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