The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #114419   Message #2441852
Posted By: greg stephens
16-Sep-08 - 04:53 AM
Thread Name: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Subject: RE: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
I felt there was some incongruity in the presentation of the dance music. The pantomime villain Alec referred to it as dreadful, or some such word, and a pagan ritual, which would have been the totally correct reaction if the music was played in a rough peasant folky way. But as the music was actually played with very middle class precise semi-classical phrasing the comment seemed totally wide of the mark.