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      <![CDATA[@ Mr. Davis, many thanks for the Bluffer's Guides link. These are excellent!
        
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      <![CDATA[Waxy, there's a witty series called "Bluffer's Guides" for the would-be generalist in all of us. <br>
<a href="http://www.ovalbooks.com/bluff/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ovalbooks.com/bluff/index.html</a><br>
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Not exactly your request but a fun answer to "For Dummies."<br>
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Mute, didn't, but if I'd known it was available you know I would have.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Packrat]]></author>
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      <![CDATA["Schindler's List: The Musical!" sounds inspiring.<br>
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The best in the "For Dummies" series has to be, by FAR, "Sex For Dummies." No punchline necessary.
        
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      <![CDATA[The whole "for Dummies" series is perplexing to me, and its acceptance by so many in this country, I think, speaks volumes about our culture and our celebration of stupidity. I, for one, would like to see a "for Smarties" series.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Wintermute]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Come on, admit you ordered it.
        
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      <![CDATA[As someone wrote on my FB page: Lesson 1, adding ":The Musical" to previously existing titles.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Jeff]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Acting for Dummies is next, followed by Lighting for Dummies, Design for Dummies, and Scathing Reviews for Dummies.
        
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      <![CDATA[Yes waxy, I intend to give it a serious look. But even if it had been written by the ghost of Eugene O'Niell "Playwrighting for Dummies" is funny.
        
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      <![CDATA[We have enough plays BY dummies, and probably more than enough FOR dummies; the latter are those that usually fill the theatres.
        
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      <![CDATA[Thanks for both of you for posting this info. Sounds great.
        
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      <![CDATA[The author of the Dummies book seems to be Angelo Parra. And according to the SUNY Rockland website, "Angelo Parra is the author of the critically acclaimed play, 'The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith,' which was named one of the 'Top-10 Off-Broadway experiences' of 2001 by the New York Daily News.
        
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      <![CDATA[And after success of Modern Dance for Zombies who can argue?
        
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      <![CDATA[Maybe this is playwriting for evil, possessed dummies, like that one in that movie? In which case, I support giving them a creative outlet for their aggression.<br>
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