- Aristophanes: Poetry is essential.
- Socrates: In what way?
- Aristophanes: True comedy releases something in us, teaches us to hope, to see the world in a better light.
- Socrates: But what has changed?
- Aristophanes: We have changed.
- Socrates: But the world has not changed a jot.
- Aristophanes: Well, no.
- Socrates: So comedy deceives us into thinking that the world has changed.
- Aristophanes: No no no, you're twisting my words.
- Socrates: Only in the spirit of friendly debate...
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By what name was Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing (1995) officially released in Canada in English?
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