Which is why I prefaced it with "a dear brilliant well read male friend and
I were discussing Stoppard, and one of our conclusions was that appreciating
him is 'a man thing'." I had run the subject of Stoppard by my friend
because he's male---and a patient person---and I'd wanted help mediating my
dislike of the playwright. Now you, a nother male, say you know many women
who love some of Stoppard's plays, so my info-collector further computes.
If I hear more opinions disagreeing with my friend's and my conclusion,
likely I'll conclude that either my knowledge/judgement about S's work is
deficient, or my taste runs in a nother direction---or I can find out what I
now most want to know: *why people [both genders] like or do not like his
plays*.
Keep up your 'ism' vigilance, Doug. It's all to the good.
Judy
2009/4/5 Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> Not at all necessarily, Judy. I know many women who love Stoppard's plays,
> or at least some of them....
> For one attacking ageism as a kind of blind ignoble judgement, you seem to
> be falling into a similar mode...?
>
> Doug
> On 4-Apr-09, at 11:51 AM, Judy Prince wrote:
>
> Hey, Martin. a dear brilliant well read male friend and I were discussing
>> Stoppard, and one of our conclusions was that appreciating him is a 'man
>> thing', [sort of like appreciating The Three Stooges ;-)].
>>
>
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