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Ed Dolan the Great & Marika
"Tom Keats" wrote in message ... In article , "Edward Dolan" writes: [...] I do not like humor mixed in with drama. It ruins most of Shakespeare for me. Either do one or the other, but NEVER leaven drama with humor. If you can't take drama unleavened, then just read comic books like 12 year olds do. Comedy makes tragedy more poignant. Remember the film story: Harry And Tonto? John Steinbeck came up with some beauties in his Cannery Row and Tortilla Flats. Not bad, for a non-Irish writer. Even venerable Homer intermingled a little comedy with tragedy in his epics, and it worked. More or less. Yes, that is the standard explanation for mixing humor with drama, but I don't like it. It distracts more than anything else. I like drama unrelieved .... the more grim, the better. If drama is well done the poignancy will be there without any asides. By the way, ever notice American TV comedies like the old Jackie Gleason show (The Honeymooners)? It would be comedy up to a point and then it would suddenly become serious as if trying to make a poignant point. That kind of sappiness ruins everything. Either do comedy or do drama, but don't mix them. Anyways, I think with Marika you've crossed swords with a Russian dominatrix. I'd watch my step if I were you. Else you might find yourself being led by the ear to somwhere you don't wanna go. Note I'm not suggesting you back down -- perish the thought. Please do carry on and spend your limited, remaining hours of life in whatever manner you see fit. Marika is not very smart although she pretends to be. But does not that describe all women? Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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