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Tag Archives: slapstick
Fools-Day
In honor of April Fool’s, and to all the world’s wise fool mystics, beautiful innocents, and cliff-diving dreamers: To marvel dumbly, and trespass, with a sense of the infinite backlighting a wink– this, the way of the Fool, or sacred … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Cinema, photography, Poetry, Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged buster keaton, charlie chaplin, fool's play, here comes the sun, John Biscello, marx brothers, slapstick, take a leap, tarot, the fool, wise fools, zero the fool
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Classic Equation
A brief history of humbleness through fool’s prey– the meaning of pie.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged comedy, creaming process, eating humble pie, haiku, John Biscello, pie in the face, slapstick
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Laurel and Hardy in Paris
We’ll always have Paris, Stanny, to tag with kerosene and meringue– (cue the “Dance of the Cuckoos” as the pie-in-the-face revolution begins with … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged comedy, John Biscello, laurel and hardy, paris, pie revolution, Poetry, slapstick, street art
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Fools Rush In
To all those wise, beautiful fools who have brought the medicine of joy and laughter to life, I salute you: Slapstick’s trinity, a monotheistic gag– Salvation’s last laugh. Genius, in trespassing, has its necessary fools– Supreme gag order. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged april fool's, buster keaton, chaplin, comedy, fools, haiku, humor, John Biscello, joy, laughter, laurel and hardy, pie, poems, slapstick, tragedy
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Chaplin, Keaton
Men, who took the fall, to keep the world in stitches– Clowning achievement. (Film still from Limelight, the only film in which Chaplin and Keaton appeared together).
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Tagged buster keaton, charlie chaplin, Cinema, clowns, golden age, haiku, John Biscello, limelight, movie, poem, slapstick
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Literacy
Survivors bible, How to Fall and Get Back Up– In slapstick we trust.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged bible, buster keaton, Cinema, clown, comedy, John Biscello, poem, Poetry, pratfalls, Reading, silent film, slapstick, the great stoneface
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Formula
Tragedy plus pie equals comedy’s soft touch– Suffer fools gladly.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged classic, comedy, fools, haiku, John Biscello, pie, poem, Poetry, slapstick, tragedy
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Pie
Life is sad, gags help to alleviate tension– Enlightenment, fast.
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Tagged battle of the century, buddhism, comedy, farce, gag, haiku, John Biscello, laurel and hardy, poem, sad, screwball, slapstick
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Trinity
Slapstick’s trinity, a monotheistic gag– Salvation’s last laugh.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged charlie chaplin, clown, haiku, John Biscello, poem, Poetry, silent film, slapstick, trinity
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