FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for December 25, 2021

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 3 years ago

    One can hardly imagine, Paige. Merry Christmas.

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    Wilde Bill  almost 3 years ago

    If you want to see the girl wake up, watch The Wizard of Oz.

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    Jedi.Kermit  almost 3 years ago

    LOL!!!

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    constantine48  almost 3 years ago

    Isn’t that the ending from “Grease”?

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    I'm Sad  almost 3 years ago

    The Good ’ol days of comic strips.

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    cdillon85  almost 3 years ago

    Glad the riots never happened…

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    Ed The Red Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    At its debut, the actual “Nutcracker” was heavily criticized for not having much of a plot. This is a true homage.

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    belgarathmth  almost 3 years ago

    The ballet doesn’t actually make it clear whether it’s really happening, but implies that it might be. Herr Drosselmeyer can be interpreted as a wizard trying to undo an evil curse on the Prince and his magical kingdom, and he needs Clara’s love of the Nutcracker that traps the Prince to do it.

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    legaleagle48  almost 3 years ago

    Actually, I agree with Paige. The best version of the Nutcracker I ever saw was one done by the Canton Ballet in Canton, Ohio, and it had exactly that ending, The final scene was Clara waking up in her living room holding the Nutcracker as her father gently escorted her back to her room.

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    mindjob  almost 3 years ago

    I could really go for some sugar plum fairies dancing in my head just about now

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    moondog42 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Imagine the outrage if a long-running beloved comedy show did the same for their last episode on Comedy Central….

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    ElJorro  almost 3 years ago

    Merry Christmas Paige

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    BiggerNate91  almost 3 years ago

    Quick, everybody riot

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    raybarb44  almost 3 years ago

    Up up and away….

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    tripwire45  almost 3 years ago

    Why are “mostly peaceful” riots so desired?

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  almost 3 years ago

    Las month, I saw my niece in a production of ‘The Nutcracker’. I agree with Paige that it needs an ending.

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    asrialfeeple  almost 3 years ago

    MerryChristmas!!

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    John W Kennedy Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    There is an ending to the original story (by E. T. A. Hoffmann—the same person who is the hero of the opera, The Tales of Hoffmann), but it’s that Marie (or Clara, if you prefer) wakes up, and everybody insists that she was only dreaming. Years pass, and she grows into a beautiful young lady. Then, and only then, the ex-Nutcracker turns up again, as Drosselmeyer’s nephew. The two are married, and they go off to be King and Queen of the Land of Sweets, as Drosselmeyer planned all along. But, as Berowne says in Love’s Labor’s Lost, “That’s too long for a play”—or a ballet.

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