andrew wilcox says no one gets mad when you laught out loud at a funny part of a movie . . . . . . for whatever it's worth i get livid when the audience laughs at funny bits in the opera house--say, specifically , in rossini operas--cause though i recognize that there's some funny stuff going on i really wanna hear those wonderful voices singing and anything--ANYTHING--that gets in the way makes me crazy . . . . . . i don't at all mean to defend this position, or even claim it to be rational . . . but it's true and may have some implications in this increasingly interesting thread mike frank ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]