[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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