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Today’s quote is from Oscar Wilde by way of Eric Jean of Montreal, Quebec. Eric has a weekly blog podcast at DeadWhiteMales.net. His podcast offers a brief discussion of literature and the arts. “The aim of the show is not to pretend to any exclusive knowledge. Rather, simply to share his own thoughts on these subjects in an effort to make them that much more interesting and approachable.”
Here is his recommended Oscar Wilde Quote:
“Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.”
- Oscar Wilde, dying in a Paris bedroom.
Oscar Wilde was a 19th Century Poet and playwright. He is most famous for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and the play The Importance of Being Earnest. The Complete text of The Importance of Being Earnest is available from WikiSource. If you don’t like reading you can watch the 2002 movie.
One Response for "Either that podcast goes or I do…"
Hi,
I can recommend the film version, though I think I saw a different one to that of the 2002 one.
There are many…
http://us.imdb.com/find?q=The%20Importance%20of%20being%20Earnest;tt=on;nm=on;mx=20
With conversations along the lines of…
Algernon– “Cecily is the sweetest, dearest, prettiest girl in the whole world. And I don’t care twopence about social possibilities.”
Lady Bracknell– “Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.”
…this certainly hits the old sarcasm bones!
Oscar Wilde himself called it…
“a trivial comedy for serious people”
With that said, I’m off to read “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.
Enjoy!
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