Talk:Short Story:Theatre of Cruelty - Revision history

Old Dickens at 04:43, 24 August 2023

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	:I note that “a Punch and Judy show” is something that comes to mind for Polly Perkins in a brief mention in {{MR}}. So the shows definitely continued, and spread as far as Borogravia - or, perhaps, it’s a horribly cruel tradition that originated ''there'', rather than being invented by Slumber? As for Ankh-Morpork, perhaps the shows continued to be performed by the gnomes in their experimental theatre troupe, free of Mr Slumber’s constraints. Or they may have hired a new human to be “Chas Slumber” so they could capitalise on the existing name, in much the same way Maurice hires Kevin. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 00:09, 23 August 2023 (UTC)		:I note that “a Punch and Judy show” is something that comes to mind for Polly Perkins in a brief mention in {{MR}}. So the shows definitely continued, and spread as far as Borogravia - or, perhaps, it’s a horribly cruel tradition that originated ''there'', rather than being invented by Slumber? As for Ankh-Morpork, perhaps the shows continued to be performed by the gnomes in their experimental theatre troupe, free of Mr Slumber’s constraints. Or they may have hired a new human to be “Chas Slumber” so they could capitalise on the existing name, in much the same way Maurice hires Kevin. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 00:09, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
			::Punch and Judy ''abide''. They're eternal and multiversal. We have them across Roundworld; who knows where else?
			::See also "Andy Capp" and "The Honeymooners", etc. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:42, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Guybrush at 00:10, 23 August 2023

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	Could be ''very'' frightening. Like clowns, can the name be passed on in your will or sold on after your demise? And Punch-and-Judy shows are one of ''those'' time-honoured forms of entertainment which today are still, word-for-word and action-for-action, pretty much exactly as they were several centuries ago. Punch is even dressed in recognisable motley. The horrible thought emerges that this is a small but recognisable part of the Fools' guild portfolio of entertainment interests and as such comes under the purview of doctor Whiteface. Somewhere in the Halls of Mirth a small dedicated department is ''training'' Punch-and-Judy operators in the time-honoured skills and ensuring they deviate from the script not in the tiniest iota... Help, I feel fanfic coming on.[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 15:39, 6 January 2017 (UTC)		Could be ''very'' frightening. Like clowns, can the name be passed on in your will or sold on after your demise? And Punch-and-Judy shows are one of ''those'' time-honoured forms of entertainment which today are still, word-for-word and action-for-action, pretty much exactly as they were several centuries ago. Punch is even dressed in recognisable motley. The horrible thought emerges that this is a small but recognisable part of the Fools' guild portfolio of entertainment interests and as such comes under the purview of doctor Whiteface. Somewhere in the Halls of Mirth a small dedicated department is ''training'' Punch-and-Judy operators in the time-honoured skills and ensuring they deviate from the script not in the tiniest iota... Help, I feel fanfic coming on.[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 15:39, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

	:I note that “a Punch and Judy show” is something that comes to mind for Polly Perkins in a brief mention in {{MR}}. So the shows definitely continued; perhaps performed by the gnomes in their experimental theatre troupe, free of ~~the~~ constraints ~~of Mr Slumber?~~ Or they may have hired a new human to be “Chas Slumber” so they could capitalise on the existing name, in much the same way Maurice hires Kevin. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 00:09, 23 August 2023 (UTC)		:I note that “a Punch and Judy show” is something that comes to mind for Polly Perkins in a brief mention in {{MR}}. So the shows definitely continued, and spread as far as Borogravia - or, perhaps, it’s a horribly cruel tradition that originated ''there'', rather than being invented by Slumber? As for Ankh-Morpork, perhaps the shows continued to be performed by the gnomes in their experimental theatre troupe, free of Mr Slumber’s constraints. Or they may have hired a new human to be “Chas Slumber” so they could capitalise on the existing name, in much the same way Maurice hires Kevin. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 00:09, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

Guybrush at 00:09, 23 August 2023

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	Could be ''very'' frightening. Like clowns, can the name be passed on in your will or sold on after your demise? And Punch-and-Judy shows are one of ''those'' time-honoured forms of entertainment which today are still, word-for-word and action-for-action, pretty much exactly as they were several centuries ago. Punch is even dressed in recognisable motley. The horrible thought emerges that this is a small but recognisable part of the Fools' guild portfolio of entertainment interests and as such comes under the purview of doctor Whiteface. Somewhere in the Halls of Mirth a small dedicated department is ''training'' Punch-and-Judy operators in the time-honoured skills and ensuring they deviate from the script not in the tiniest iota... Help, I feel fanfic coming on.[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 15:39, 6 January 2017 (UTC)		Could be ''very'' frightening. Like clowns, can the name be passed on in your will or sold on after your demise? And Punch-and-Judy shows are one of ''those'' time-honoured forms of entertainment which today are still, word-for-word and action-for-action, pretty much exactly as they were several centuries ago. Punch is even dressed in recognisable motley. The horrible thought emerges that this is a small but recognisable part of the Fools' guild portfolio of entertainment interests and as such comes under the purview of doctor Whiteface. Somewhere in the Halls of Mirth a small dedicated department is ''training'' Punch-and-Judy operators in the time-honoured skills and ensuring they deviate from the script not in the tiniest iota... Help, I feel fanfic coming on.[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 15:39, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

			:I note that “a Punch and Judy show” is something that comes to mind for Polly Perkins in a brief mention in {{MR}}. So the shows definitely continued; perhaps performed by the gnomes in their experimental theatre troupe, free of the constraints of Mr Slumber? Or they may have hired a new human to be “Chas Slumber” so they could capitalise on the existing name, in much the same way Maurice hires Kevin. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 00:09, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

AgProv: A thought of spine-chilling terror

2017-01-06T15:39:59Z

A thought of spine-chilling terror

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	Many years later, Chas Slumber's advertisement still appears under "Children's Entertainers" in {{CAM}}. How frightening is that show? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:36, 6 January 2017 (UTC)		Many years later, Chas Slumber's advertisement still appears under "Children's Entertainers" in {{CAM}}. How frightening is that show? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 04:36, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

			Could be ''very'' frightening. Like clowns, can the name be passed on in your will or sold on after your demise? And Punch-and-Judy shows are one of ''those'' time-honoured forms of entertainment which today are still, word-for-word and action-for-action, pretty much exactly as they were several centuries ago. Punch is even dressed in recognisable motley. The horrible thought emerges that this is a small but recognisable part of the Fools' guild portfolio of entertainment interests and as such comes under the purview of doctor Whiteface. Somewhere in the Halls of Mirth a small dedicated department is ''training'' Punch-and-Judy operators in the time-honoured skills and ensuring they deviate from the script not in the tiniest iota... Help, I feel fanfic coming on.[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 15:39, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Old Dickens: Zombies are very popular...

2017-01-06T04:36:08Z

Zombies are very popular...

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Many years later, Chas Slumber's advertisement still appears under "Children's Entertainers" in {{CAM}}. How frightening is that show? --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 04:36, 6 January 2017 (UTC)