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re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there

Posted by: TheatreAddict 02:34 pm EDT 08/07/14
In reply to: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there - dramedy 01:17 pm EDT 08/07/14

I think this thread is so interesting that people got so wrapped up in that lyric. I just always assumed and took it that they were comforting each other at the end saying that although there isn't much in the world you can count on, you can always count on me being there for you... we have been joined together from birth and I'm there for you always, like it or not. So I don't think it's meant to be funny or ironic...just them stating the reality of their situation for better or for worse.

Sort of sweet, right?

T.A.


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re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there

Posted by: writerkev 03:08 pm EDT 08/07/14
In reply to: re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there - TheatreAddict 02:34 pm EDT 08/07/14

I find it interesting, too. In fact, I'm amazed that so many theatre lovers here are so literal-minded. Of course the line is meant as irony, and it has deeper meanings than the literal.


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re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there

Posted by: AnyaS 04:25 pm EDT 08/07/14
In reply to: re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there - writerkev 03:08 pm EDT 08/07/14

Me too. When I read about some people snickering in the theater during that song, it makes me wonder what other inappropriate things they guffaw at. Yeah, I used the word guffaw. It really fits in this case.


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re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there

Posted by: chrisampm 04:47 pm EDT 08/07/14
In reply to: re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there - AnyaS 04:25 pm EDT 08/07/14

And why does guffaw really fit in this case? It's not the same as snickering. So what inappropriate things would a snickerer guffaw at?


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re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there

Posted by: AnyaS 07:50 pm EDT 08/07/14
In reply to: re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there - chrisampm 04:47 pm EDT 08/07/14

Here's the example I was thinking of when I wrote that initial post but was too lazy to pack meat on the sentence because I was posting from a cell phone.

My friend used to hate going to see plays or movies with her ex. At a dinner gathering once, she claimed several people frowned at him during a performance of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? when he laughed inappropriately. He argued that he snickered but didn't laugh.

When she said, "Fair enough but you laughed loudly during Saving Private Ryan." He answered sheepishly, "Yeah but it was nervous laughter."

They have since divorced. Whenever she has a date with a new guy, I jokingly ask her if he guffaws or merely smiles or twitters or snickers.


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re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there

Posted by: sf 04:04 pm EDT 08/07/14
In reply to: re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there - writerkev 03:08 pm EDT 08/07/14

What's deep about the lyrics of "I Will Never Leave You"? They're Hallmark-card doggerel. That's why they're so funny - they are thuddingly banal and obvious.


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