SHAKSPER 1998: Re: *Romeo and Juliet*

From: Hardy M. Cook (editor@ws.bowiestate.edu)
Date: 08/29/98


The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 9.0781  Sunday, 23 August 1998.

[1]     From:   Matthew Gretzinger <matthew@maintenet.com>
        Date:   Friday, 21 Aug 1998 10:03:14 -0400
        Subj:   RE: SHK 9.0774  Re: Pop Music R and J

[2]     From:   Todd Lidh <tmlidh@email.unc.edu>
        Date:   Friday, 21 Aug 1998 14:07:25 -0500
        Subj:   Re: SHK 9.0774  Re: *Romeo and Juliet*


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From:           Matthew Gretzinger <matthew@maintenet.com>
Date:           Friday, 21 Aug 1998 10:03:14 -0400
Subject: 9.0774  Re: Pop Music R and J
Comment:        RE: SHK 9.0774  Re: Pop Music R and J

> The scarecrow also refers to Romeo in his "If I only had a brain" song in
>The Wizard of Oz.

Actually, it's the Tin Man that refers to Romeo - "If I only had a
heart" -

"Picture me ... a balcony ...
Above a voice sings low--

Wherefore art thou, Romeo?

I hear a beat.
How sweet!"

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From:           Todd Lidh <tmlidh@email.unc.edu>
Date:           Friday, 21 Aug 1998 14:07:25 -0500
Subject: 9.0774  Re: *Romeo and Juliet*
Comment:        Re: SHK 9.0774  Re: *Romeo and Juliet*

Richard A. Burt wrote: "The scarecrow also refers to Romeo in his 'If I
only had a brain' song in The Wizard of Oz."

As a recovering Tin Woodman, I feel the call to correct this tiny
mistake.  It is, in fact, the Tin Man (as he's come to be called) who
sings: "Picture me, a balcony, above a voice sings low... 'Wherefore art
thou, Romeo?'... I hear a beat! How sweet."

No harm, no foul.

Would someone please pass me a quart of oil? ;o)

Todd M. Lidh
UNC-Chapel Hill



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