tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post4942241664502734607..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: 'It Is a Violent Purgative'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-62499585903025074252022-06-30T21:12:56.399-05:002022-06-30T21:12:56.399-05:00I like Johnson's use of bigness - a homely wor...I like Johnson's use of <i>bigness</i> - a homely word, but that may be the secret of its charm.slr in txhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13717070068146883590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-25878873419443534292022-06-30T09:05:28.143-05:002022-06-30T09:05:28.143-05:00Such a wonderful piece, Patrick. So many twists an...Such a wonderful piece, Patrick. So many twists and turns! We started with some etymological sleuthing and ended with Iago-shaming! I wonder if the root of the word coloquintida has any connection to the affected part of the human body! (Perhaps suggesting five times a day?)<br />On another note, consistent with Auden's views on Iago, the best performance I have seen was Richard Dreyfus in 1979. He played to Raul Julia's Othello in Central Park. In the beginning he was semi-comical and disarming, almost winning us over, as Auden suggests. Then he turned and revealed his scheming side without a drop of goodness in him. Perhaps he ate a coloquintida at intermission and purged it from his soul! John Dieffenbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15312685781734622160noreply@blogger.com