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Post by Noah on Sept 29, 2006 2:09:51 GMT -5
Leigh, a friend at work, is conducting a cross-analysis of two of the most popular bodies of work in history -- William Shakespeare's plays, and Seinfeld. She believes they are the two bodies of work which have had the most profound effect on the way people use the English language. Or maybe I'm not getting that right -- she's interested in comparing, at any rate, the way Shakespeare and Seinfeld have influenced the way we communicate. I suggested that there was also an interesting parallel to be drawn in their respective uses of meter.
Any thoughts?
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Post by Darius on Oct 6, 2006 13:45:56 GMT -5
Meter? Maybe. Seinfeld definitely had a distinct rythm. Though it was not alone in that. So did West Wing. And Mad About You. And Other Really Good Examples. And I suppose Seinfeld influenced our communication in as much as it introduced a lot of catch phrases. I don't find myself talking in a Seinfeld-ian way after watching it in the way that I do after West Wing or Mad About You or Other Examples. I don't know. Maybe the comparison is right. Maybe just as someone who never was able to hook into Seinfeld the way the rest of the world seems to have, I have a gut negativity about it ranking with Shakespeare as the most popular body of work in history. I mean what about Bugs Bunny?
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Post by Noah on Oct 7, 2006 1:13:02 GMT -5
Most of the really good Seinfeld episodes were actually written by Christopher Marlowe, anyway.
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Post by wowposter on Nov 8, 2008 6:47:32 GMT -5
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