Kat, for contemporary comedy writers, I think some of Tom Stoppard's work would count.
Also, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead would tie in to Shakespeare.
Or maybe you could just be Buffy, he'll see your amazing heart, and he'll fall in love with you.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 25, 2008 3:38:10 am PDT #3494 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Sue - Apr 25, 2008 3:41:18 am PDT #3495 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Oh, I agree with Frank, Stoppard is good. Or Joe Orton. Or, and it's really a monologue more than a play, something by Spaulding Gray.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 25, 2008 3:45:45 am PDT #3496 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
By that same token, there's also Eric Bogosian. If this is for a class, though, I'm not sure it would be entirely appropriate (that goes for Orton too, I think).
Hil R. - Apr 25, 2008 4:06:58 am PDT #3497 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
You're description of farmer's cheese is totally different than what I know as farmer's cheese. To me it's a hard, dry, very much like cheddar, but usually white.
Hmm. What I know as farmer's cheese, I've only ever seen sold either in Jewish stores or made by exclusively kosher brands. It's the stuff traditionally used for cheese blintzes or dairy lukshen kugel. But now, most people use a mixture of cream cheese and cottage cheese for that stuff, because it's easier to find and it's sweeter.
Hil R. - Apr 25, 2008 4:10:13 am PDT #3498 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
OK, wikipedia suggests that what I know as farmer's cheese might be the same thing as quark (I've tried quark, and it is pretty similar), which is sold in Canada as baker's cheese.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 25, 2008 4:13:15 am PDT #3499 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
OK, wikipedia suggests that what I know as farmer's cheese might be the same thing as quark (I've tried quark, and it is pretty similar), which is sold in Canada as baker's cheese.
I prefer strangeness and charm cheese to quark, personally.
Fred Pete - Apr 25, 2008 4:31:03 am PDT #3500 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
If you aren't worried about canon, Mark Helprin's Winter's Tale qualifies as American magical realism.
I'd agree on Neil Simon for American theatrical comedy -- maybe The Odd Couple, although today's high school students will certainly see things in it that Simon's original audience probably didn't. Barefoot in the Park might work better, but it loses something on the printed page, so you'd want to show them the movie. If you want to go back a bit further, there's Philip Barry -- much as I love The Philadelphia Story, I suspect Holiday would speak better to today's high school students. But his comedy may be a bit too "drawing room."
Jessica - Apr 25, 2008 4:37:53 am PDT #3501 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
He says to look at Caryl Churchill
UGH. Please don't inflict Caryl Churchill on your students, I beg you.
Steph L. - Apr 25, 2008 4:43:24 am PDT #3502 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
might be the same thing as quark
The problem is, the grocer SAYS it's in the dairy case, but you can never find it....
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Jessica - Apr 25, 2008 4:46:26 am PDT #3503 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The problem is, the grocer SAYS it's in the dairy case, but you can never find it....
I believe the solution is to throw a pint of heavy cream really hard into the rest of the items in the case...