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ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 days ago

TIL for nearly a thousand years, the ancient world’s most popular and admired comedian was Menander of Athens. Ironically, his work was lost to history until 1952, when a single play was rediscovered

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TIL for nearly a thousand years, the ancient world’s most popular and admired comedian was Menander of Athens. Ironically, his work was lost to history until 1952, when a single play was rediscovered

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ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 days ago
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    I wonder if we’d find his work funny today.

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      https://youtu.be/D17I2rEGYBU

      “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To the Forum.”

      Modern writers took some old Roman comedies and turned them into a Broadway musical.

      Are the characters are types you’ve seen a zillion times; the horny, henpecked husband; the shrill wife; the dopey love sick son; the silly young girl; the scheming businessman; the schnook assistant, and so on.

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        Everybody ought to have a maid!

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