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   "John W. Kennedy"  wrote in message   
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   > Troy.Heagy@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> Paul Harper wrote:   
   >>> dialogue is some of the shittiest exposition I have every had to listen   
   >>> to. When his characters were *supposed* to be making speeches, then   
   >>> fine, but even when they weren't, they were *still* making speeches.   
   >>   
   >> ..   
   >>   
   >> Sounds like Shakespeare.   
   >   
   > ...or Tennessee Williams, or Tom Stoppard, or (despite what your English   
   > teacher told you) Anton Chekhov, or Harold Pinter, or Dennis Potter, or,   
   > for that matter, Jane Austen, or J. R. R. Tolkien, or (despite his own   
   > best efforts) Isaac Asimov, or even "Doc" Smith.   
   >   
      
   Pinter is nearly as sententious an old bore as Sondheim.   
      
   Ali   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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