lgs' comment in response to my question about the meaning of "cinematic pietas" is very useful to me in trying to sort out what i admitted was my own confusion about the matter , and i'm grateful for it . . . but i'm puzzled by one of its conclusions, to wit: "In order to analyse the meaning of "cinematic pietas" we do not need to answer any of these questions, but to analyse how "meaning" arises we do." i'm sorry to say i just can't imagine how we can construe meaning in a single particular case if we don't first understand in general what it is that we do, or ought to do, when we construe meaning at all 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]