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DetlefK

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4. That part about the connection to theater and drama is hogwash.

Reply to Cartoonist (Original post)

Tue Apr 9, 2019, 10:32 AM

Apr 2019

European theater (including concepts such as stand-up comedy) comes from greek theater.

And the modern european-style drama with multi-layered stories and metaphors and hidden meanings comes not from the church-choir but from images and visual memes of medieval books. (For example, that's where the trope that an ugly person is evil comes from.)

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The Mass [View all] Cartoonist Apr 2019 OP

Interesting. Thanks. K&R. nt tblue37 Apr 2019 #1

Maybe borrow show tunes The Genealogist Apr 2019 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #3

That part about the connection to theater and drama is hogwash. DetlefK Apr 2019 #4

I think that last panel is a big stretch. MineralMan Apr 2019 #5