Friday, March 28, 2008

ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM: In his (out and out rave) review of the new production of Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, NYT drama critic Ben Brantley observes that Laura Benanti (as the title character), "obliges with examples of the ecdysiast’s art in the second act." My first though was that the word choice might be spurred by NYT standards, but in the next paragraph, the word "stripteases" is used, so apparently the word choice was Brantley's own. Perhaps I'm oversensitive on this point as I've spent the better part of this week dealing with an individual who likes to use unnecessarily large words in an effort to "facilitate appropriate communication and knowledge," but isn't Brantley just showing off and kind of making an ass out of himself?

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