@ChillbearLatrigue: The traditions of Commedia dell’Arte are fascinating. Toward the end of the 19th century, the character of Pulcinella (also Pierrot or Punch) becomes a vessel for the representation of all kinds of modern existential problems. If you like that image, there is more here. Check out Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire for one of the better known (and canonized) expressions of a "Modern"—and creepy, and disturbing—Pierrot.
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@lacieca01: My God, that was fabulous, thank you for sharing that. (Domingo and Stratas: I’m ashamed to say I never listened to that before. That C at 1:30—yikes!)
La Commedia è finita! We’ll have to use that at some point when a Gawker commenter gets an eye poked out.
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(Could someone please press the "off" button on my nerd engine? Thanks.)
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La Commedia è finita! We’ll have to use that at some point when a Gawker commenter gets an eye poked out.
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