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Senryu: Stung
Played incessantly
andante to allegro
"The Entertainer"
andante to allegro
"The Entertainer"
Published 18th Feb 2023
| Edited 19th Feb 2023
Author's Note
We watched "The Sting" for pizza/movie night. I'd long forgotten how wonderfully it is staged and acted.
It evoked a fond albeit sometimes anmoying memory of my l'il sis playing the theme song, "The Entertainer," over and over and over again with an ever-increasing tempo. I blame Marvin Hamlish for writing such a mssterful, memorable, lively tune...now back to whistling.🤠
It evoked a fond albeit sometimes anmoying memory of my l'il sis playing the theme song, "The Entertainer," over and over and over again with an ever-increasing tempo. I blame Marvin Hamlish for writing such a mssterful, memorable, lively tune...now back to whistling.🤠
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18th Feb 2023 11:49pm
19th Feb 2023 3:52am
Haha, I was that lil sis, practicing over & over... although never that particular song. But now I have it in my head, thanks... 🙄😆
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19th Feb 2023 4:46am
Dear GW,
Too funny! I always referred to this movie as “The Stink” because The Entertainer was only Joplin rag I couldn’t stand and it so influenced my opinion of the flick! I’m sure it’s unfair and I should try watching it again. I did however, fully enjoy your memorable poem. 😊
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Too funny! I always referred to this movie as “The Stink” because The Entertainer was only Joplin rag I couldn’t stand and it so influenced my opinion of the flick! I’m sure it’s unfair and I should try watching it again. I did however, fully enjoy your memorable poem. 😊
H🌷
