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Me:
> > > Sheesh! I hate it when the gallery decides they're going to
> > > stop coming to
> > > plays with a full belly of ale. I like to think Shakespeare
> > > would have chased
> > > off such teetotallers from the theater with the live bears
> > > from the baiting
> > > ring.
Jeff:
> > Criminy! Like, when is it a gross felony to point out the obvious holes in
> > the plot?
Me:
> You were pointing out holes in the plot? I certainly didn't read that. Of
> course, doing so is a very respectable function of the inebriated gallery
> boor, so I guess you're partially rehabilitated. I'd go all the way if I
> could figure out exactly what plot holes you were pointing out...
Just in case anyone is tempted to take this out of context, I want to be clear
that the "inebriated gallery boor" is the true catalyst of great drama, and
that this is the only audience I would ever care to write for. I myself am,
in my proudest moments, a drunken gallery boor, and as far as I'm concerned,
people who take in theater from the serenity of the balconies are good enough
for the Guillotine ;-) Worse yet are those who come down to the pits with
too much sobriety to their credit. I think this is an axiom of literary
criticism, but for some silly reason, I can't find a decent citation...
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