"LITTLE MURDERESSES"
Sir,-I heartily disagree with J. Ryan and S. Hayman in their mistaken ideds about Little Murderesses, If they can’t undetstand that most delightful of all humour, good burlesque, then they are
in need of sympathy for all they must be missing .in life. The more outrageous it is, so much the better. Mr. Wall is to be congratulated on this particular burlesque of Little Women, also on the very fine way it was acted and produced. As for "horror-thinking," surely there can be no stronger case made against that evil than to treat it with ridicule? As for daring to burlesque Little Women, don’t we enjoy the same treatment, of, say, Shakespeare? Why all the fuss about it? I, for one, could wish for a lot more of this humorous radio fare, and hope that Little Marderesses will be broadcast again soon,
EMILY
BAIZEEN
(Christchurch).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 739, 11 September 1953, Page 5
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147"LITTLE MURDERESSES" New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 739, 11 September 1953, Page 5
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