Conflating one into two

[Alison Murie]

On Sep 14, 2009, at 4:19 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

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> Dedicated to Jon Lighter.
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> From the review in the Boston Globe today of "The Donkey Show"
> (American Repertory Theater's transliteration of "A Midsummer Night's
> Dream" into the disco world of the 70s), by Don Aucoin:
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> "The part of Bottom is conflated into two guys named Vinnie, who look
> and act like characters out of 'Saturday Night Fever.'"
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> Page g5, or http://tinyurl.com/kw8wo3 or
> http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2009/09/14/the_donkey_show_transforms_midsummer_nights_dream_with_a_70s_energy/
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> Joel
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Biflated or diflated?
AM

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