New Adventures of Queen Victoria by Pab Sungenis for March 06, 2009

  1. Guiness
    highpower  almost 16 years ago

    I am totally unfamiliar with Commedia dellā€™Arte and am unable to ā€˜get the jokeā€™. Is the protagonist Flavio?

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    PurpleVegan  almost 16 years ago

    The joke has little to do with Commedia dellā€™Arte. ā€œI shall just die!ā€ paraphrasing ā€œAdd me to your will first.ā€ A small, ancient joke.

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    highpower  almost 16 years ago

    I just reread it, I had totally missed the line ā€œthen I shall just die!ā€. Iā€™m so freaken stoopid today! Ancient? Possibly. More like tried and true.

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    Pab Sungenis creator almost 16 years ago

    Note to self: no more ā€œFumetto dellā€™Arte.ā€

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    Pab Sungenis creator almost 16 years ago

    Bruce F: Commedia dellā€™Arte consisted of a number of stories centering around stock characters, such as La inammorati (the lovers) who were usually Flavio and Isabella, their parents Pantalone Bosognose and Il Dottore, the servants or ā€œzanniā€ (like Arlechinno or Harlequin). There are a number of good pages about it if youā€™re curious.

    Iā€™d just run out of stuff to do with the regular characters this week.

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    3hourtour Premium Member almost 16 years ago

    ā€¦did you hear the one about the French paper mache puppet?It couldnā€™t fight itā€™s way out of a paper bagā€¦

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