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Life imitates art (Original Post)
swag
Oct 2020
OP
There is certainly a literary element in donnie getting the illness he arrogantly dismisses.
unblock
Oct 2020
#4
I think I saw this Greek Tragedy: Evil King told he would incest. Doesn't listen. Fucks himself.
TheBlackAdder
Oct 2020
#5
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)1. The Stephen King analogy is also great
Except King would add tentacles.
DFW
(54,445 posts)2. We (TFT) got some fun comments on how prophetic we were with our Kinks parody
"Lazin' on a Covid Afternoon"
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)3. I recently recorded Mask of the Red Death. Poe was a wonderful read.
But horrible as his thoughts turn into reality.
jkirch
(256 posts)6. That's what's great about Poe.
His horrors are within the realm of possibilities.
unblock
(52,331 posts)4. There is certainly a literary element in donnie getting the illness he arrogantly dismisses.
Now, if Shakespeare had written this play, the whole world would die of Covid except Donnie. He would then own all the riches of the world but have no one to praise and admire him for it.
TheBlackAdder
(28,222 posts)5. I think I saw this Greek Tragedy: Evil King told he would incest. Doesn't listen. Fucks himself.