Tag Archives: Beggar's Opera

Will Trump Pay? Literature Is Unsure

Will Trump escape all accountability? Literature weighs in.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Jordan: Mac the Knife without the Charm

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan has all the effrontery of John Gay’s Mac the Knife, although none of the charm.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , | Comments closed

Which Literary Conman Is Trump?

To understand Trump as conman, I compare him to the King and the Duke, Mac the Knife, Melville’s Confidence Man, Satan & Iago.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

On Mac the Knife & Presidential Pardons

Trump, like Mac the Knife, is an escape artist extraordinaire. Might a presidential pardon save him as a reprieve saves Mac?

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments closed

McConnell as Moriarty, Trump as Figaro

Mitch McConnell is proving himself to be a veritable Moriarty in his ability to weave devious plots to get his way. Trump, by contrast, is more a trickster figure a la Figaro or Mac the Knife.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Trump & Mac the Knife, 2 Escape Artists

Donald Trump’s apparent ability to escape unscathed from gaffes and revelations that would sink any other campaign invites comparison with Mac the Knife, John Gay’s glamorous escape artist from “Beggar’s Opera.”

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments closed

Style, Not Truth, the Important Thing

Truth was missing in action in the GOP’s Wednesday night debate. Oscar Wilde and John Gay would have understood.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

The Super Bowl, Comic & Tragic Versions

The Patriots miraculously escaped a hanging, the Seahawks did not. It’s the difference between Gay’s “Beggars Opera” and Bierce’s “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Lit’s 10 Most Painful Marriage Proposals

Literature 10 most painful marriage proposals.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed