Style and Wit

I like those comedies with style and wit,
Not searing psychological effect.
There's one by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht
About reporters and romance, a hit
Since 1928. We'll still watch it,
Complaining, and explaining, I expect,
As long as men grow old, women reject,
And theatres remain too brightly lit.

I'd like it better if we kept things dark,
And let our instincts rule. I think they could
If we returned to the ancestral wood
And lived with the gorilla and the lark.
Some people think that too much wit will spark,
But forest fires make smoke, not light. That's good.