Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Delight

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Debra Esolen
Feb 06, 2023
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When I watch the old family comedies from the years just before the Lonely Revolution, one thing that strikes me is how often the comedy arises from two simultaneous conditions: the first, that the sexes frustrate each other; the second, that the sexes take real DELIGHT in each other. I'm not talking about anything too racy, there. I'm talking about how…

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