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Acrylic-bob · 06-02-2012, 09:10

And more...From the giddy heights of serious Drama daahlings, comes this....

"Oscenity has often been regarded as a characteristic of a broad, jocular mind. The opinion prevailed that it was a more or less necessary feature of Old Comedy, a kind of humour which was the only one really to be savoured by the rustics and illiterates a sort of concession to the groundlings, for which the upper strata of the audience were indeminified by the high intentions, the lyrics and the aesthetic forms of comedy.

That was Thalien M. de Wik-Tak, writing in Mnemosyne. (vol 21, 1893).

He was, of course, writing about Ancient Greek theatre in the 5th Century BC, but you knew that. Strange though, how little really changes.

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Acrylic-bob God Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tragic Conn Posts: 4,007 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 2473	Re: Lost Humor or Age Gap And more...From the giddy heights of serious Drama daahlings, comes this.... "Oscenity has often been regarded as a characteristic of a broad, jocular mind. The opinion prevailed that it was a more or less necessary feature of Old Comedy, a kind of humour which was the only one really to be savoured by the rustics and illiterates a sort of concession to the groundlings, for which the upper strata of the audience were indeminified by the high intentions, the lyrics and the aesthetic forms of comedy. That was Thalien M. de Wik-Tak, writing in Mnemosyne. (vol 21, 1893). He was, of course, writing about Ancient Greek theatre in the 5th Century BC, but you knew that. Strange though, how little really changes. __________________ Enough is ENOUGH Get Britain out of Europe Last edited by Acrylic-bob; 06-02-2012 at 09:13.