"Is Guy's Last Name Feydeau?"
PrestonDL
>Hello everyone -- One of the scene-introducing phrases (is there a better
>name for these?) in last night's (2/24) ep, was something like, "Is Guy's
>Last Name Feydeau?" -- a reference which eluded both my husband and I. Does
>anyone recall the exact name (it may not have been "Feydeau") and what that
>was a reference to?
>
>Thanks --
>Ann
Read up on your French farceurs.
Check out "Hotel Paradiso" or "A Flea in Her Ear".
All will become clear.<G>
David
L. Ravi Narasimhan
>Hello everyone -- One of the scene-introducing phrases (is there a better
>name for these?) in last night's (2/24) ep, was something like, "Is Guy's
>Last Name Feydeau?" -- a reference which eluded both my husband and I. Does
>anyone recall the exact name (it may not have been "Feydeau") and what that
>was a reference to?
Georges Feydeau was a playwright who wrote some excellent "bedroom
farces." One such was "Hotel Paradiso" which appears to have
inspired/influenced the most recent episode of "Frasier."
As an aside, "Paradiso" was the first play I ever saw. High school
French class field trip to the American Conservatory Theatre in San
Francisco. It was a marvelous performance and so was this episode...
--- Ravi
--
Ravi Narasimhan
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~oski
Horrigan
Feydeau was a French playwright who specialized in "bedroom farces", i.e.,
comedies where everyone runs around from bedroom to bedroom in search of a bed
partner :-)
--Tim Horrigan <horr...@aol.com>
Christopher Lampton
PrestonDL wrote in message
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>Read up on your French farceurs.
>
>Check out "Hotel Paradiso" or "A Flea in Her Ear".
>
>All will become clear.<G>
Loved it! For years it's been clear that you guys have been modeling Frasier
after the classic "Feydeau farce". It was about time you came out and
admitted it! :)
--Chris
(who ushered for but didn't appear in his college production of "Hotel
Paradiso")
PrestonDL
>
>Loved it! For years it's been clear that you guys have been modeling Frasier
>after the classic "Feydeau farce". It was about time you came out and
>admitted it! :)
>
>
Well, not the whole series, but every once in a while they are fun to attempt.
And, I might add, pretty difficult. Kudos to Mr. Keenan!.
David
Christopher Lampton
PrestonDL wrote in message
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>Well, not the whole series, but every once in a while they are fun to
attempt.
>And, I might add, pretty difficult. Kudos to Mr. Keenan!.
I've noticed that the "classic farce" episodes, whomever the writer may be,
tend to be directed (and quite well) by that Lee fellow. Coincidence? :)
--Chris
p.s. Nice set, by the way, with the half circle of doors. Feydeau himself
would have been quite comfortable with it!
Christopher Lampton
Horrigan wrote in message <19980226135...@ladder03.news.aol.com>...
>Feydeau was a French playwright who specialized in "bedroom farces", i.e.,
>comedies where everyone runs around from bedroom to bedroom in search of a
bed
>partner :-)
Of course, in the classic model, they were just as often avoiding their
enamorata's _other_ bed partners. :)
--Chris
Christopher Lampton
Amanda Mobley wrote in message <6daal9$r...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
>
>I have always found the pure farce episodes, the ski cabin, the radio
>mystery, etc, the funniest episodes so far. I'm glad I tape each week. A
>lot of times I have to rewatch them right away because I've been laughing
>so hard, I've missed follow up lines.
Agreed. I think one of the reasons that some viewers have been disappointed
in this season's crop of episodes is that Lee and company have upped the
ante to such incredible heights with those pure farce episodes -- which, as
he admits, are hard to do -- that we no longer want to settle for anything
less. Fortunately, the ski cabin episode gave us our farce fix for the
month.
My own favorites are the restaurant episode and the one where Daphne's old
boyfriend showed up.
--Chris
http://members.aol.com/chris002
Amanda Mobley
PrestonDL <pres...@aol.com> wrote in article
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> >
> >Loved it! For years it's been clear that you guys have been modeling
Frasier
> >after the classic "Feydeau farce". It was about time you came out and
> >admitted it! :)
> >
> >
>
> Well, not the whole series, but every once in a while they are fun to
attempt.
> And, I might add, pretty difficult. Kudos to Mr. Keenan!.
> David
>
David,
I have always found the pure farce episodes, the ski cabin, the radio
mystery, etc, the funniest episodes so far. I'm glad I tape each week. A
lot of times I have to rewatch them right away because I've been laughing
so hard, I've missed follow up lines.
From all of us I say "Thank you." Especially to the writers. If it ain't
on the page, it ain't on the stage.
Pebble
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