[PW] Appearances Deceiving Quote

[Craig Miller]

Thanks to all who have been offering suggestions.  My apologies
for not replying sooner.  I'm a member of the Writers Guild of
America and, as a motion picture publicity consultant in a former
life, I've been pulled into the Great Machine and took over the
Guild's press releases and other publicity matters since the start
of the second week of the strike.  With a return to the negotiating
table on Monday, I'm hopeful that pull on my time will disappear.

With regard to all of your suggestions, many thanks.  Some are
close but none are quite there yet.

The Tartuffe quote is, of course, exactly on point.  But a little, as
we say, too "on the nose".  It's a fine line that I need to walk with
this.  Something that is in modern language -- as the end product
is intended for teen viewers and so obscure phrasing and terms
are, alas, out (so Viriginia Brown's Gilbert & Sullivan quotation is
out as are some of the others).

If anyone has other suggestions, I will definitely appreciate them.

Thanks,
Craig.


At 03:13 PM 11/19/2007, Bob Boyce wrote:
>Craig--
>
>  What about the famous quote from Moliere's Tartuffe? The play is 
> all about deceptive appearances, and in one famous line, Mme. Pernelle says:
>
>MADAME PERNELLE
>My dear, appearances are oft deceiving,
>And seeing shouldn't always be believing.
>
>Bob Boyce
>Reference Department, Lincoln NE City Libraries
>r.boyce at LincolnLibraries.org
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: "Craig Miller" craig at wolfmill.com
>Sent 11/15/2007 11:08:25 AM
>To: "Project Wombat" list at project-wombat.org
>Subject: [PW] Appearances Deceiving Quote
>
>This is for me. For something I'm writing, I'm considering having my main
>character give a quotation or a brief anecdote -- preferably literary or
>involving famous people or characters -- that alludes to appearances
>sometimes being deceiving.
>I asked this on another list, one for writers, and was supplied with quips,
>insults, put-downs, and off the cuff descriptions. Not what I'm looking for.
>If you ever watch the television series Criminal Minds, you'll see this sort
>of device used to bookend each episode.
>Thanks,
>Craig.
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