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Re: Kate questions

From: GRAHAM.G.R.DOMBKINS@BHPMELMSM.BHP.bhpmel04.telememo.au
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1993 23:06:59 +1000
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G'day all,

Chris sez...
>>Bob Kovitz sez...
>>2. What is "The Sweeny" (`He'll never make the Sweeny' in "Wow")
>
>   Presumably a higher class theatre than the one he's currently
>playing.

    I think she means the old English Police drama TV show.

>>11. What does Kate mean by saying:
>>      "He's gonna wangle
>>       a way to get out of it
>>       She's an excuse
>>       and a witness who'll talk when he's called"
>>
>>      "There's a plank in my eye
>>       With a camel who's trying to get through it"
>>    (Suspended in Gaffa)                          
>
>   God knows. The last bit is a play on two Bible phrases. I cannot
>quote the exact words but (from memory)
> 
>   "How canst thou see the mote in thine brother's eye, and not the
>beam in thine own."
>
>   "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than
>for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven."
>
>   ...So she seems to be trying to deal with her own faults and the
>undesireable side effects of success. But who knows. This one song,
>more than any other, is *the* proverbial can of worms.

    I like the explaination about the last part. Wasn't there a brilliant
interpretation of SiG on gaffa last year where it was described as a song of
KaTes fears/worries about haveing children. In that light the top line might
make a lot more sence.

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