Now, in high fidelity!
So I kind of left it a little late on the essay due on monday. It's only 1,500 words, and I know plenty about the subject so it should be no problem. Unfortunately it's meant to be all scholarly, which means references and quotes from published works, which means the University library, which is closed from now until monday. Which won't work, clearly.
Luckily, I'm not too fussed. I've now changed the title of the essay to "Wikipedia or Bust" and the first 7 words are "Let me break it down for you". I'm going to compare restoration comedy to 'Annie Hall', and mention astute political references to the Simpsons.
The phrase "something pretty fucking spectacular" will feature early on and set the tone for the whole piece. It will be fifteen hundred words of carefully crafted pure genius, cleverly disguised as puerile nonsense.
I don't much care that it will be marked as low as possible. I came here to learn comedy, not to learn about theatre from hundreds of years ago and then write about it like it's the most important thing on the planet.
Harvard referencing system, my arse. Where are the jokes?