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   From: fn62@dial.pipex.com   
      
   "Wayland"  wrote in message   
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   > On 28 Jul 2006 04:48:00 -0700, 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.  He did alright (or so I'm told).   
   >   
   > Shakespeare was a master of both monolog and dialog.  His characters   
   > play on words back and forth with each other throughout his plays.  He   
   > switches the meter of the lines to give the dialog greater depth,   
   > sometimes having one character talk in prose and the other in verse to   
   > emphasize points.   
   >   
   > JMS is no Shakespeare, not by a long shot.   
   >   
      
   I've seen several Shakespeare plays at the Globe. They are stripped bare; no   
   sets, no folderol, nada. They are an utter joy.   
      
   Ali   
      
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