>Justin wrote:
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>>Doug distinguishes between "commercial" and serious" ambiguity.
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>I don't think that commercial or uncommercial is the relevant
>distinction here. The question is whether the text includes cues
>(or even just clues) that lead the audience to think one way or
>another.
My point is that in Jaws-style ambiguity you don't see those kinds of cues because they want the Symbol to be as blank a screen as possible, for fear of offending potential customers. That's a long way from Wordsworth asking "what if Lucy be dead?" or even The Kinks singing "I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola."
Doug