From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Tue Mar 11 2003 - 11:11:46 MST
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 17:15:13 +0200, Amara Graps <amara@amara.com> wrote:
> Lysistrata, a hilariously bold and bawdy play by
> Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC) that makes an anti-war political
> statement.
Weren't Aristophanes' antiwar plays also being staged while Athens was
under assault--as a matter of generally accepted historical fact? Or is
that now reliably disputed?
Frankly, I don't think General Buck Turgidson would let a little lack of
tail stop him from doing his duty. Kubrick had it righter than Arstophanes,
for my money.
"You kids have fun storming the castle!" -- Miracle Max, in the movie
version of _The Princess Bride_.
MMB
Still a mugwump and still opposed to human suffering
PS: Clue for those in need: General Buck Turgidson was the SAC-War Room
officer played to the hilt by George C. Scott in _Doctor Strangelove, or
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb_; I suppose that's harder
to get performance rights for than anything Arstophanes wrote. Hmm. I
wonder...
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