Tragedy Continued: Thank You for Smoking

I wasn’t sure at first why is seemed important that I was smoking when I came across this little scene, but it seemed important for some reason. I suppose that cigarettes and cigars can be tragic in that they effect the physical health of the smoker, who will be more likely to get lung cancer [...]

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To live is Tragic

There is a point in Jean Anouilh’s Antigone where the chorus begins to talk about why we watch tragdies. “Tragedy is clean,” he says. “Tragedy is restful.”
This line came back to me today as I was driving to my favorite bar. I was listening to chet baker on the car stereo sing The Thrill [...]

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