[PW] Appearances Deceiving Quote

John P. Dyson dyson at indiana.edu
Wed Nov 21 11:24:57 PST 2007


Quoting Craig Miller <craig at wolfmill.com>:

> 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).

Even teen viewers ought, like, you know, be able to get this one from 
Gilbert and Sullivan's _H. M. S. Pinafore_:

Things are seldom what they seem,
Skim milk masquerades as cream.

John Dyson
Spanish and Portuguese
Indiana University







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