Comments on: Maria Holic 01-02 – Schadenfreude http://check.animeblogger.net/2009/01/15/maria-holic-01-02-schadenfreude/ Unsurprisingly Still Single Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:51:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cuchlann http://check.animeblogger.net/2009/01/15/maria-holic-01-02-schadenfreude/comment-page-1/#comment-27020 Cuchlann Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:29:31 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/?p=310#comment-27020 Northrop Frye propounded the theory that comedy is tragedy plus time -- I don't know, though, if it was an aphorism and he just adopted it to explain his theory, or if it comes from his work. Specifically it referred to myth cycles, that only end in tragedy if you stop telling the story before the cycle completes itself, like how most people tell the story of Prometheus as a tragedy, but eventually Hercules frees him. Also, I'll have to check out the possible Tetris music. I have to wonder if it's really no reason, though, with the 8-bit ED. Or if they have a big, series-wide no-reason-gaming-reference (like a no-life-king, but blockier). Northrop Frye propounded the theory that comedy is tragedy plus time — I don't know, though, if it was an aphorism and he just adopted it to explain his theory, or if it comes from his work. Specifically it referred to myth cycles, that only end in tragedy if you stop telling the story before the cycle completes itself, like how most people tell the story of Prometheus as a tragedy, but eventually Hercules frees him.

Also, I'll have to check out the possible Tetris music. I have to wonder if it's really no reason, though, with the 8-bit ED. Or if they have a big, series-wide no-reason-gaming-reference (like a no-life-king, but blockier).

]]> By: ETERNAL http://check.animeblogger.net/2009/01/15/maria-holic-01-02-schadenfreude/comment-page-1/#comment-26808 ETERNAL Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:03:08 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/?p=310#comment-26808 No discernable reason indeed. I've always thought it was okay to laugh at the show though; maybe that's just a statement made for my own convenience, but it doesn't seem like the kind of thing you should take too seriously. Which is good, because sadistic traps are rarely realistic (as far as I know). No discernable reason indeed. I've always thought it was okay to laugh at the show though; maybe that's just a statement made for my own convenience, but it doesn't seem like the kind of thing you should take too seriously. Which is good, because sadistic traps are rarely realistic (as far as I know).

]]> By: Irishninja http://check.animeblogger.net/2009/01/15/maria-holic-01-02-schadenfreude/comment-page-1/#comment-26599 Irishninja Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:18:32 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/?p=310#comment-26599 Your observation falls in line with what I've heard as well. As Mel Brooks said, "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die." Your observation falls in line with what I've heard as well. As Mel Brooks said, "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die."

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