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fayanora might like it. So I copied it to the media server.
Last week, I finally remembered to show it to her. She definitely appreciated the silliness.
Now we've been watching old episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and it just so happened that the one we watched after the movie had the first appearance of Spkie.
Now there's a character in "a Funny Thing" who is incredibly self-centered, full of himself, and thinks he's the gods gift to women. The Captain who is buying the virgin slave if you've seen the movie.
So Spike pops up and we realize his character has *so* much in common with that of the Captain.
Hence the title of this post.
That out of the way, if you haven't ever seen A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, you should. It's *classic* comedy. With several masters of comedy in it.
Also, in spite of the slapstick and farce, it may come closer to daily life in Rome than most of the "Roman epic" films of the era did.
fayanora might like it. So I copied it to the media server. Last week, I finally remembered to show it to her. She definitely appreciated the silliness.
Now we've been watching old episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and it just so happened that the one we watched after the movie had the first appearance of Spkie.
Now there's a character in "a Funny Thing" who is incredibly self-centered, full of himself, and thinks he's the gods gift to women. The Captain who is buying the virgin slave if you've seen the movie.
So Spike pops up and we realize his character has *so* much in common with that of the Captain.
Hence the title of this post.
That out of the way, if you haven't ever seen A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, you should. It's *classic* comedy. With several masters of comedy in it.
Also, in spite of the slapstick and farce, it may come closer to daily life in Rome than most of the "Roman epic" films of the era did.
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Date: 2016-09-30 03:36 pm (UTC)>A while back, I stumbled across my DVD of _A Funny Thing Happened >on the Way to the Forum_.
If you haven't seen the Keaton movie _The General_ get it *now*. While watching keep in mind it was made using a real (if defunct) railroad, with no post-production effects. It used "practical" (that is, live, stage-type) effects and lots and lots of practice.
I've seen _Forum_ and, yes, it is pretty good. ("He raped Thrace thrice?!") I haven't seen the original stage play but have read that it is even better.