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| Joe Fineman to Martha Bridegam |
| Re: Sherlock and type casting |
| 05 Nov 05 03:17:09 |
From: joe_f@verizon.net
Martha Bridegam writes:
> What bugs me is the implication that social status is an immutable
> characteristic.
That assumption seems to have been an important enough component of
English culture for Shaw to lampoon in it _Pygmalion_.
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