There are some things in this world that are just inherently funny; a pie in the face,  But nothing has quite become the staple of physical comedy as the “slipping on a banana peel” gag.
Physical comedy, when humor arises from physical acts (i.e. pratfalls, weird faces, or walking into things) rather than words, is the world’s oldest form of comedy ( Read more... )

Damian Lewis as Antony in "Julius Caesar"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q89MLuLSJgk

Fiends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious ( Read more... )

"....поэзия все делает зыбким, таинственным ... Элиот говорил, что смысл - только приманка, усыпляющая разум, чтобы отдать его во власть звука. ... Его (Бродского) монотонный распев не помогал, но завораживал, умудряясь почти контрабандой донести лучшее поверх сознания."