The Game's the Thing
T would be hard to say whether the Philistines or the long-hairs won in the final match of the series Aspects of an Englishman, played this time on the art-appreciation ground. It was doubtful for which teams some were playingSir John Suckling, while giving voice to the Englishman’s right to know what he likes (a Philistine’s privilege) wrote in verse, which would seem to put him among the long-hairs. The Philistines were vigorous in attack-their pronouncements were clear-cut and succinct, like George I’s "I hate Boets and Bainters," or the comment of Keats’s critic "drivelling idiocy." The Artists
were batting on a stickier wicket, since it’s harder to explain why you like something (of Walter Pater on the Mona Lisa) than to announce that you don’t. But we spectators weren't so concerned with the score-the game’s the thing. I'm pleased to be able to say that everybody, especially the compiler of the programme, kept a nice straight bat.
M.
B.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 804, 17 December 1954, Page 10
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164The Game's the Thing New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 804, 17 December 1954, Page 10
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