On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Mark J. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To defend Shakespeare, in his time "comedies" were not required to be > funny--just have a happy ending. > > Following this logic, most of our procedural drama series would be > considered comedies, since the good guys almost always win in the > end. If they don't, they would be tragedies.
That reminds me of a favorite quote, which Google shows is attributed to both William Dean Howell and Gore Vidal: Americans like tragedies with happy endings. Tom W --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
