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Religion

Cartoonist

(7,530 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2019, 09:09 AM Apr 2019

The Mass

That's quite a claim at the end. Who can argue with scholars?

As for the rest, that's religion for you. They know it's boring, so they have to make a musical production of it. Maybe science should try that.

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The Mass (Original Post) Cartoonist Apr 2019 OP

Interesting. Thanks. K&R. nt tblue37 Apr 2019 #1

Maybe borrow show tunes The Genealogist Apr 2019 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #3

That part about the connection to theater and drama is hogwash. DetlefK Apr 2019 #4

I think that last panel is a big stretch. MineralMan Apr 2019 #5

tblue37

(66,035 posts)

1. Interesting. Thanks. K&R. nt

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Tue Apr 9, 2019, 09:16 AM

Apr 2019

The Genealogist

(4,736 posts)

2. Maybe borrow show tunes

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Tue Apr 9, 2019, 09:19 AM

Apr 2019

And set scientific theories to the music? Maybe get Randy Rainbow to help?

When I took Hebrew years ago, we had a song about verbs set to the tune of The Beach Boys "California Girls"

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DetlefK

(16,455 posts)

4. That part about the connection to theater and drama is hogwash.

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Tue Apr 9, 2019, 09:32 AM

Apr 2019

European theater (including concepts such as stand-up comedy) comes from greek theater.

And the modern european-style drama with multi-layered stories and metaphors and hidden meanings comes not from the church-choir but from images and visual memes of medieval books. (For example, that's where the trope that an ugly person is evil comes from.)

MineralMan

(147,576 posts)

5. I think that last panel is a big stretch.

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Tue Apr 9, 2019, 02:22 PM

Apr 2019

Modern drama really follows ancient Greek theater more than the Mass.

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