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Shakespeare is freakin' awesome.
Merkava:
--- Quote from: KOODustin on 13 Nov 2006, 01:38 ---I think that's actually the norm.? My opinion on his work has never really changed.? I just always thought if you were an actor and you wanted to have any "chops" whatsoever AS an actor, you had to do Shakespeare.? My experience with him was pretty much me trying to understand why it is that people think he's the end-all-be-all of Theater.? I mean, call me uncultured or dumb for not getting it, but I don't.? Hell, more power to you if you do.? I wish I got it too.
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Agreed, to an extent. I just find the whole Shakespeare thing trite and boring. Ok, if done right, his plays are brilliant and sometimes moving, but I wouldn't go out of my way to see one of his plays. I also hate the fact that you are considered "uncultured" if you don't like him. Fuck that. I'm studying theater; I'm reading the work of playwrights like Kalidasa and Euripides; I'm enjoying and appreciating them. I'm just not a huge fan of Shakespeare.
Johnny C:
Shakespeare's History plays are the only ones I don't like. The rest are ace.
Narr:
--- Quote from: Firefly on 25 Nov 2006, 00:41 ---Random thought of the Day:
Who would win in a fight, Chaucer or Shakespeare?
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That's like asking who would win in a fight: Aristotle or Socrates?
Although I'm pretty sure Socrates would win that encounter because he used to be a hoplite and Aristotle is a pencil-necked dweeb. Hm. Maybe I picked a bad analogy.
As for courses, that sounds like an entertaining course. I still regret not getting into Orson Card's class last semester that went in depth studying Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Imagine me raising my arms in the air hollering "No!" right now if you need a mental image of my regret.
bujiatang:
I can imagine Lewis and Tolkien sending each other angry letters... heh heh heh. growlers. ha
Narr:
They were actually very good friends. Tolkien is more or less the biggest influence on Lewis' conversion from total atheism to Christianity.
I learn all these fun things from kids that got to take the class. It makes me want to punch them. (Not really.)
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