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Re: Candide
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Walter Meyer <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 4 Jul 1999 00:05:30 -0400
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David Stewart wrote:

>Anyway I presume the whole thing was an exercise in irony was it not?

Yes.  The original book by Voltaire, which is a quick read, even more so.

>Does anyone actually find it funny?

Yes.  The Bernstein musical more so than the original book.

>or just wierd?

While neither wierd nor wired, possibly weird...but not *just* weird.

Walter M.

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