Re: (Mis?)appropriations of the Ninth

Vivian Ramalingam (vivian@me.umn.edu)
Wed, 7 Apr 1999 23:05:17 -0500 (CDT)

In message <l03110702b33138eab610@[130.65.100.114]> Mark DeVoto writes:
> On A & E there is an occasional ad with a noisy chorus singing the Ode to
> Joy with the following imperishable text:
>
> "Movies, movies, movies, movies,
> Movies, movies, mooooooo-vies,
> Movies, movies, movies, movies..." ...I can't stand it.

Neither can I. The following line (conclusion of the second strain),
in which the product (STARS - some sort of video service?) is named,
violates the principles of good taste and Klopstock's scansion:

". . . Movies, movies, I wanna see STARS!"

Note: One can protest the insult and the anacrusis by not subscribing
to the product.

-- Vivian R. (just let me get my hands on the adman -- I'll show him STARS!)

vivian@me.umn.edu Vivian S. Ramalingam

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