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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
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