“Maybe that explains what happened to our collective memory
of The Blue Bird. The original play must have had some magic, some
universal truths, that didn’t make it into the later incarnations. As a
result, we simply forgot about it even though the phrase “Blue Bird of
Happiness” lived on. It’s hard to imagine that we would ever forget the
sources of “Elementary, my dear Watson”, “There’s no place like home”, “I think
this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship”, “Make him an offer he can’t
refuse”, or “Luke, I am your father.” But the source material for these
lines is so good and so available that future generations will continue to
discover them. Sadly, this wasn’t the case for Maeterlinck’s The Blue
Bird.” Enjoy
Always check from out of a clear blue sky.
How much of a pain in the ass are the Indonesians?
