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Re: OT: Musical languistics

From:And Rosta <a.rosta@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 3, 2003, 23:39
John:
> That's true of most of the so-called art of any age (Sturgeon's Law: > 90% of everything is crud). When looking at the past, though, > most of the crud has already been filtered out for us: we keep the good > stuff, the bad stuff goes to oblivion. Who can name a single work of > anglophone dramatic art between the 1660s and the 1890s, excepting > _Uncle Tom's Cabin_, whose interest is primarily political/historical?
Sheridan, 1751-1816. The Rivals, 1775. School for Scandal, 1777. But I agree with Sturgeon's Law, except that I'd say everything's 99% crud, of which, 2% is excellent crud.

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