In my “Restoration and 18th Century Couples Comedy” class, my students paired old rom-coms with contemporary films, including “Ten Things I Hate about You,” “How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days, “Friends with Benefits,” and others.
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From Wycherley to Crazy, Stupid, Love
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Sarah (Malaprop) Palin vs. Obamacare
Sarah Palin’s attack on Obamacare sounds as though it were delivered by Mrs. Malaprop.
Reading Too Much into a Lover’s Words
A friend scrutinizing the language used in a conversation with her not-quite-boyfriend reminded me of the hypersensitive Faulkland in Richard Sheridan’s play “The Rivals.”
