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| Last Edit: Chromolume 10:27 pm EDT 07/01/20 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 10:23 pm EDT 07/01/20 | |
| In reply to: Ditto - Michael_212 10:21 pm EDT 07/01/20 | |
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| Agreed also. I tend to think that unless Harris is a major fan of musicals, she's never heard of that show. On the other hand, John Heilemann occasionally does use musical references - I remember a fairly specific reference to Iowa and "The Music Man" he made sometime back - and tonight, also on MSNBC, he referred repeatedly to trump living in Never Never Land (which doesn't have to be specifically a musical reference, but certainly could be). |
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| Posted by: WaymanWong 02:11 am EDT 07/02/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Ditto - Chromolume 10:23 pm EDT 07/01/20 | |
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| ''I tend to think that unless Harris is a major fan of musicals, she's never heard of that show.'' I don't even think that tons of major fans of musicals are familiar with a 1976 flop that only ran 61 performances. ''Something's afoot'' is a common phrase. And probably popularized, in part, by Sherlock Holmes, who once said, ''The game is afoot.'' |
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| Posted by: tedlefdes 05:58 am EDT 07/02/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Ditto - WaymanWong 02:11 am EDT 07/02/20 | |
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| The first use of 'the game is afoot' is found in Shakespeare's King Henry IV Part I, 1597, spoken from Northumberland to Hotspur; it also appears in Henry V, delivered by the title character. 'Mischief, thou art afoot' is from Anthony in Julius Caesar. | |
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| Posted by: larry13 10:52 pm EDT 07/01/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Ditto - Chromolume 10:23 pm EDT 07/01/20 | |
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| With all due respect ot Kamala Harris, I'm sure she NEVER heard of that show NOR would she be referencing a show NO one knew. It is, as Alan said, a common expression. But it was not inappropriate for the OP to bring it up and provide a guessing game HERE where one or two people remembered it and a few others were interested in looking it up. | |
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