reconnecting us
simpler, more joyful times are
spirited back to life
In the article, Don’t mention the war … and the rest: the trouble with bringing back Fawlty Towers by Brian Logan in the Guardian, works towards the point of why and the problems inherent in revivals of classic comedy.
Comedy that is so often discussed and then closed off, “They couldn’t do that today.”
And if they try to do it today, how would some of the comedy be made politically correct.
As I write, the Department of Veteran’s Affairs are and are not in the process of removing the famous Life Magazine photo of the Sailor Kissing the Girl in White on VE day (by Alfred Eisenstaedt who said he notice the sailor and saw the Nurse and hoped for the best) as the photo is of forced perhaps unwanted contact.
I don’t know what to say about that but I digress.
I was struck by the line in the article where Mr. Logan wrote:
What they made clear is that these theatrical jaunts down memory lane aren’t primarily about making us laugh.
They’re about nostalgia,
about reconnecting us with our younger selves.
What you lose of the surprise on which comedy depends,
you gain in the golden glow of recollection as simpler,
more joyful times are spirited back to life.
I can relate to this statement as I DO have a younger self that had a pretty good time on earth and I can get a golden glow recollecting simpler more joyful.
I have to understand that not everyone does.
Just one more way I have been lucky in this lifetime.
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