A Jorb Well Done

Aug 08, 2008 20:21

Last Sunday, I went with my mom, godparents, and Mary Rose to an event called "Shakespeare on the Common" in Boston Commons to watch a free performance of "As You Like It". I have never read that story before, but I'm interested in doing it now, not because the plot is an good (terrible and nonsensical, which I believe is the point, since it's a ( Read more... )

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prototypechild August 9 2008, 15:21:06 UTC
1) But Shakespeare was for the commoners! Even though it seems flowery now, it's pretty much just dick and poop jokes and bawdy tales of teens having sex that the unwashed masses would go to see for titillation like the retards of today go to see "epic movie ( ... )

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ladyomnipotent August 11 2008, 01:46:10 UTC
Yeah, apparently "a few people" are "very concerned about" me, can tell I am miserable, and think I am going to quit any second. One of the managers said that to me on 2 different occasions, but I think she's only talking about the one supervisor who I work with most often, who apparently is just waiting waiting in fear of the moment when I say "I am giving my 2 weeks notice", thereby blowing a gaping hole into her schedule.

If commoners back then understood Shakespeare, and commoners now have trouble understanding Shakespeare because of the language, does that mean people have become dumber? Maybe the commoners didn't really understand all the flowery language and just enjoyed the depravity...

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