Coens

[Monte Davis]

>  Maybe
> television is least suited for it (although one wouldn't maybe imagine it
> possible in literature if they hadn't read GR) , as it doesn't seem odd at
> all in an opera for instance (I've got two very eager tickets to "Die
> Meistersinger" at this very moment).  I guess it's easier to pull off when
> the material is primarily musical...

Cf, Dennis Potter's 1978 _Pennies From Heaven_, the best teleplay I've ever
seen (broadcast on PBS, but as far as I know not available on US tape or
DVD) and one of Bob Hoskins' best performances.

Potter also did the superb original version of _The Singing Detective_ and
other quirky "musicals."

-Monte Davis