Ted Rall for August 23, 2001
Transcript:
19th century fox Belinda was smart, charming and attractive. There was only one downside to dating her: she only liked dead and irrelevant forms of expression. Check it out: 2 tickets for me first and the gimme gimmes! Too noisy. Take me to the opera if you want sex. It didn't matter whether it was civil war re-enactments, enlightenment lectures or poetry readings - if it didn't matter any more, it mattered to her. But moving images made painting pointless. Nonsense! Static pictures beat film hands down! She lost countless boyfriends to her taste for antique entertainment. Finally, she decided to modernize her diversions... Of course it's Shakespeare. All theater is Shakespeare because he's the only good playwright. The Danish monarchy is timeless! ... To the 20th century. My grandparents used to listen to this... this... "Jazz." Isn't Miles just the most?