I have just encountered one of the University of Californias Female Problems. During the performance of The Female Wits an orange gets tossed into the audience by someone playing Nell Gwynne, to Aphra Behns line To all the men of wit we will subscribe But for your half-wits, you unthinking tribe, We’ll let you see, whate’er besides we do, How artfully we copy some of you: And if you’re drawn to th’ Life, pray tell me then, Why Women should not write as well as Men? Usually the gentleman catches the orange and takes it away as a trophy. Today the weasel-faced, thin-lipped creep took the orange, then hurled it - with all his force- at my back. Quite unprepared (I was back to the audience at this point as it wasnt my moment) the orange slammed into my upper rib-cage with a loud thud, like a drum beat. For a moment I was quite winded, then carried on, and every time I had a chance to glance out I glared in his direction. At the end of the show, he left pretty smartish, Bastard! But nice to know that Aphra Behns barbs can still score a point to this day, and that half-wits still arent man enough to take a witty joke.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 22:54:58 +0000
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