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Rude Talk in Athens
Rude Talk in Athens: Comedy, Democracy, and the Most Important Writer You've Never Heard Of | Mark Haskell Smith
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A short but sweet exploration of the power of comedy via thousands-year-old dirty jokes. Along the way we get meditations on power, patriarchy, suppression, subversion, and the beef between Aristophanes (lauded ancient playwright known as the Father of Comedy) and Ariphrades (writer referenced in Aristotle‘s Poetics, but with no surviving works and now best remembered for his fondness for cunnilingus). Ancient theatre stays teaching us, folks.

LeahBergen My goodness, Ariphrades! 😆 2mo
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