The Day I Used Gravity's Rainbow for a Dramatic Readin

MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu
Mon Mar 10 12:31:37 CST 1997


Rodney W. writes:
> quickly discovering that while many phrases 
>can be shouted for dramatic effect, "complacencies of the peignoir" is 
>not one of them.
>RW


But it's certainly one of the most provocative lines ever written, no?  I competed in lots of 
those events in High School and some in college.  If you think you looked lame, Rodney, I 
wish you could have heard the nuance I used to try to inject into:

In the room the women come and go
Talking of--Michaelangelo

Couldn't hold a candle to "Cross of Gold"

john extemporaneously m




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