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The Importance of Being Earnest/YMMV
- Crowning Moment of Funny: The whole play is composed of these.
- Ho Yay: Unsurprisingly, given the Author. Which quickly becomes squicky at the end.
- Memetic Mutation: Lady Bracknell's incredulous "A handbag?!!" has almost entered British English as a stock phrase.
- The Large Ham delivery by Dame Edith Evans in the 1952 film has taken on a life of its own on YouTube.
- To a lesser extent, "To misplace one parent might be regarded as a misfortune, to misplace both seems like carelessness!" is often used by Private Eye for political scandals, Mad Libs-style.
- The Large Ham delivery by Dame Edith Evans in the 1952 film has taken on a life of its own on YouTube.
- Shipping Bed Death: Discussed.
It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
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