melodrama

Frank Moher moherf at MALA.BC.CA
Wed May 29 13:40:23 EDT 1996


Re Richard Plant's remarks on melodrama: I've always thought that melodrama
has a
political aspect -- that is, the strong story makes the drama more accessible,
engaging to a broad audience, and the play more socially effective (if
you're interested in that sort of thing as, obviously, Shaw was).
 
Frank Moher



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