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What is gained by framing the Repairmans story with the French restaurantand the Maitre d?
 
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Would you call Soap Opera high comedy or low? Explain the reasons for your choice.
 
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  • The Repairmans attempt to have the Washing Machine accepted as his dinner date provides a pretext for him to tell his story to the Maitre dand to the audience as well. Like Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes stories, the Maitre d functions as our surrogate on stage, reacting to the situation the way a normal person would; as he moves from astonishment and outrage through gradual understanding to final acceptance and even empathy with the Repairman, so does the audience.



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  • High comedy is suggested by the reliance on wit and especially wordplay for a good deal of the plays humor. But most of its features are much more characteristic of low comedy: the farcically improbable premise and the fast-moving plot; the outrageous and frequently unsophisticated gags; the willingness to say or do just about anything for a laugh.




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