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I wonder if we'd find his work funny today.
https://youtu.be/D17I2rEGYBU
"A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To the Forum."
Modern writers took some old Roman comedies and turned them into a Broadway musical.
Are the characters are types you've seen a zillion times; the horny, henpecked husband; the shrill wife; the dopey love sick son; the silly young girl; the scheming businessman; the schnook assistant, and so on.
Everybody ought to have a maid!