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Did you leave before the part where Don Giovanni is thrown screaming into the flames of hell? Yes, they could laugh at sex, they could also get absolutely furio
by vintermann 4y ago
Did you leave before the part where Don Giovanni is thrown screaming into the flames of hell? Yes, they could laugh at sex, they could also get absolutely furious over it, and it wasn't necessarily in a court of law it got consequences. I think it was more than embarrassment Pepys sought to avoid by obfuscating these parts of his diaries.
- yung_steezy 4y agoI think Don Giovanni being thrown into hell is a narrative get-out-of-jail-free card being played. Most of the humour in the opera is derived from Giovanni's libido or shamelessness but giving him a comeuppance allows the audience to laugh at him instead of with him.