Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:17:24 -0400 From: Mary Horsley <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] puptcrit Digest, Vol 42, Issue 10 No, Charles, I am so na=EFve, I can use all the help I can get. I just don't want to be alone for the next half of my life. My husband died in 2005 and I fight loneliness all the time. I thank everyone for their responses. Mary H. On 4/6/08 10:55 PM, "Charles Taylor" <cecetaylor-AT-verizon.net> wrote: > Rolande asked: Is the central theme to the Punch and Judy show really about > gender > issues? I know people have used it for that, but I always thought it > was more about Punch getting the best of everyone. Punch always wins. > He even overcomes Death (and in some versions, the Devil). > He is Supreme Anarchy -- the force against which no authority figure > has authority. > > Rolande > > Rolande, Of course you are absolutely correct. It was meant to be a humorous > response! Academics do need to take their history seriously. But we (I) don't > always have to be so academic. That is part of the fun! It is easy to be > nitpicking but to quote a song from Cabaret "Life goes on whether were here or > not . . . so who cares? So what!" > > Please excuse my twisting of the Punch and Judy plot. It just seemed a natural > since the family unit is Punch, Judy and the baby. And being of the male > persuasion I'm confounded by women always wanting us to be more like them. > It's the other way around according to Henry Higgins. Elaine and I often laugh > at the lyric, "Why cant a woman be more like a man?" It would make it so much > easier for us, (men). It's amazing there are so many heterosexuals that keep > on trying! > > Mary, You probably got more info than you could want! Elaine is always trying > to improve me. I'm afraid by now it is a lost cause! > > Charles > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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