"Teeth" sinks its incisors into a cross-cultural myth known as vagina dentata. Or, as Juno might call it, "Vaggie D." Depending on who you ask (not that you should bring it up in polite intercourse), it is said to represent the male fear of castration and of feminine sexuality in general. It also symbolizes the woman's anxieties about penetration, and/or her desire to devour her mate, who is attempting to fulfill his own bio-mythological destiny by returning upstream to spawn in the womb from whence he originated. (Or, as the movie puts it, "the dark crucible that hatched him.")
LISA KRISTOFF Tue, 05/11/2021 - 11:30am
The Midcoast Pottery Co-op members, left: Monica Tan, Annette Stormont and Clark Griffith. Absent: Mitchell Lichtenstein. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register
Work area with kilns. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register
One shelf of completed projects by Stormont and Tan. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register
Clark Griffith shows his current project, a pitcher with matching tiered serving dish. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register
Three of the four members of Midcoast Pottery Co-op at the glazing table. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register
Annette Stormont’s catch all dishes, for rings, paper clips, a day’s ration of Good ’n Plenty, or whatever.