David Stewart <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Anyway I presume the whole thing was an exercise in irony was it not?  If
>so, Bernstein was very successful.  Does anyone actually find it funny?
>or just wierd?

I find it reflects what I understand to have been Voltaire's intentions
very accurately.  I studied Candide for A level about 300 years ago and
discovered the Bernstein piece a few years later.  It is probably my
favorite piece of LB's and I believe it to be stunningly successful.

But then if we were all the same, wouldn't it be a boring old world?

Tim Mahon
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