Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] A Man for All Seasons
From: SthRosner@aol.com
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 21:17:29 EDT

In a message dated 7/27/02 8:15:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
mark@markrabiner.com writes:

> I disagree with both you guys 

Mark, you misread me completely.

>I think "A Man for all Seasons" is
>  rollicing good imitation Shakespeare.

Rollicking good Shakespeare? Rollicking good Shakespeare is comedy, not 
tragedy.

>  very high brow. 
>  
>  serious Cinema
>  made from serious Theater.

That's a review intended to make audiences stay away in armies. Both the play 
and the film were far too good for that.

Seth
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