March 18, 2025
So Shakespeare is great because of white privilege and colonial thinking!
Decolonizing Shakespeare: Experts Blame White Supremacy for Playwright's Fame
As a result, the Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust is decolonizing his hometown museum over the growing concerns about how his ideas are being portrayed today."
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Posted by: Dana Mathewson at March 18, 2025 09:17 PM (X5D0l)
Posted by: SMM Heart at March 19, 2025 03:51 AM (H5CXu)
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at March 19, 2025 07:02 AM (PvlV5)
One opinion he had, that he would not be disabused of, was that Shakespeare was the greatest author of all time, PERIOD. And when one of the other students in the class suggested that a passage they'd just read ("Tomorrow, and tomorrow" from Macbeth) reminded her of Dante, Mr, Kaplan exploded "Mein Gott! Jakesbeer you are comparink to a TANTE?!!!" And so forth. (Actually, Dante occupies as exalted a position in the development of the Italian language as Shakespeare does in English.)
Anyhow, Mr. Kaplan mistakenly thinks the passage is from Julius Caesar ("Jullius Scissor") but defends it brilliantly and totally confounds Mr. Parkhill, who after that incident is never able to hear that speech in its proper context again. And I'm thinking how much I loved that book and am mourning the fact that it's one I had to ditch when we moved.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at March 19, 2025 11:44 PM (X5D0l)
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