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Reginald Paget:
[to a class of teenagers]
Opera is: when a guy's stabbed in the back, instead of bleeding, he sings. It seems to me, after much research, that rap is when a guy is stabbed in the back, and instead of bleeding, he talks. Er, rhythmically, even with feeling. But because rap's *spoken*, the feeling is sort of held in check: all on one note
[to a class of teenagers]
Opera is: when a guy's stabbed in the back, instead of bleeding, he sings. It seems to me, after much research, that rap is when a guy is stabbed in the back, and instead of bleeding, he talks. Er, rhythmically, even with feeling. But because rap's *spoken*, the feeling is sort of held in check: all on one note
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Opera is when a guy is stabbed in the back
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instead of bleeding he sings
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But it seems to me after much research
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that rap is when a guy is stabbed in the back
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instead of bleeding he talks albeit rhythmically even with feeling
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But because rap's spoken the feeling is sort of held in check all on one note
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Movie Summary
At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean (Dame Maggie Smith), an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.
Actors
Reginald Paget
Jean Horton
