[PW] Appearances Deceiving Quote

[Linda Corets]

The great Smokey Robinson said (Tears of a Clown):

Now if there's a smile on my face
It's only there trying to fool the public
But when it comes down to fooling you
Now honey that's quite a different subject

But don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
'Cause really I'm sad, Oh I'm sadder than sad
Well I'm hurt and I want you so bad
Like a clown I appear to be glad ooh yeah

[Chorus:]
Well they're some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than
The tears of a clown when there's no one around
Oh yeah, baby baby, oh yeah baby baby

Now if I appear to be carefree
It's only to camouflage my sadness
And honey to shield my pride I try
To cover this hurt with a show of gladness
But don't let my show convince you
That I've been happy since you
'Cause I need to go, oh I need you so
Look I'm hurt and I want you to know
For others I put on a show ...

[Chorus]

Just like Pagliacci did
I try to keep my surface hid
Smiling in the crowd I try
But in a lonely room I cry
The tears of a clown
When there's no one around, oh yeah, baby baby
Now if there's a smile on my face
Don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
Don't let this smile I wear
Make you think that I don't care


Linda Corets
Seattle

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[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of Craig
Miller
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 8:57 AM
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Subject: Re: [PW] Appearances Deceiving Quote

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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