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TIL for nearly a thousand years, the ancient world’s most popular and admired comedian was Menander of Athens. Ironically, his work was lost to history until 1952, when a single play was rediscovered (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] klemptor@startrek.website 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if we'd find his work funny today.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 22 points 21 hours ago

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.