Re: the query about "drama." Aside, of course, from going back to Aristotle, you might find it interesting to look up some of the key readings on melodrama. Important theoreticians like Eric Bentley and Robert Heilman use drama to distinguish differences from melodrama, in the process elucidating both very perceptively. ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html