Granted, most comedy more or less maps to Commedia, but I hadn't previously noted how closely Pirates of the Carribean does. The Amorosi do a fine job of yearning for each other; Daddy has a strong Gratiano streak when he gets going; and our main character is delightful interpretation of Spavento, with all the braggadocio and bluster one could want. The correspondence breaks down here and there (the head of the East India Company is a bit too evil for Pantalone, and Barbarossa is just too much fun to quite be Brughella), but it's still fun to play with...
Pirates of Ravenna
Granted, most comedy more or less maps to Commedia, but I hadn't previously noted how closely Pirates of the Carribean does. The Amorosi do a fine job of yearning for each other; Daddy has a strong Gratiano streak when he gets going; and our main character is delightful interpretation of Spavento, with all the braggadocio and bluster one could want. The correspondence breaks down here and there (the head of the East India Company is a bit too evil for Pantalone, and Barbarossa is just too much fun to quite be Brughella), but it's still fun to play with...
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Is anybody following me only here any more?
(Unlike nearly everything I post, this is intentionally only being posted to LiveJournal.) A few days ago, I posted my analysis of the new LJ Terms…
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Signal Boost: Affordable Housing at Assembly Square
Mainly for Somerville residents -- the developer of an enormous new apartment complex at Assembly Square is trying to skeeve out of some of the…
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A Study of the Battleground
When I dubbed my current politics posts with the tag "wartime thoughts", that was not originally intended as a general statement about the…
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