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thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
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#447226: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:36:41 PM

julius caesar is my favorite shakespeare play

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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
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#447227: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:36:59 PM

It's a tossup between Julius Caesar and King Lear for me.

Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
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#447228: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:38:11 PM

i was joking about it

i liked it but seeing as it was required reading i don't think i got as much enjoyment out of it as i should have otherwise

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RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#447229: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:38:19 PM

But what about Coriolanus.

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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
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#447230: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:39:55 PM

Coriolanus is also good.

I had a quote from it as my sig a little while ago.

Which is as good a sign of endorsement as any.

At least from me.

That movie version with Gerard Butler and Ralph Fiennes is horribad tho.

edited 7th Sep '15 3:40:30 PM by ramuf

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#447231: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:41:48 PM

How had I not heard of that one? I had to look it up, and now I feel ashamed of myself for having an English degree without that knowledge.

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#447232: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:43:34 PM

I never truly liked Shakespear.

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RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#447233: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:43:47 PM

The movie wasn't that bad.

At least I don't think it was.

Pretty forgettable and hard to follow but not necessarily bad.

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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
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#447234: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:45:35 PM

Some of the scenes just don't work when put in a modern context.

The duel being the big one.

It's like the Leonardo DiCaprio Romeo and Juliet without the absurdity.

ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
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#447235: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:45:47 PM

romeo and juliet is my favorite leo dicaprio movie

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#447236: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:48:03 PM

"Fetch me my longsword"

-pulls out a shotgun-

But yeah.

That is the problem- and how they didn't really adapt the vocabulary to modern English either.

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#447237: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:49:17 PM

thy drugs are quick

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Bcom Since: Jun, 2014
#447238: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:50:11 PM

you didn't type the full sentence olive

it was "Fetch me my longsword, Ho" if I remember correctly.

my english class had a lot of giggles from that one

edited 7th Sep '15 3:50:26 PM by Bcom

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
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#447239: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:50:15 PM

I don't think they have to.

Updating the language to modern English while also preserving the thought and structure and shit of Shakespeare's blank verse is like.

Basically impossible.

ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
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#447240: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:52:58 PM

how quick are the drugs box

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#447241: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:54:00 PM

the problem of romeo + juliet is that it's one half of a comedic adaptation of a tragedy and the other half is a straight up tragedy

edited 7th Sep '15 3:54:11 PM by Boxen

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#447242: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:57:31 PM

@Bcom: Oh yes.

I haven't seen it in years, so forgive me.

@Ramuf: I would've thought that the verse and such would be reserved for plays- and instead focus an adaptation of the play around the plot and characters.

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#447243: Sep 7th 2015 at 3:58:36 PM

But then you're cutting out the soul of Shakespeare....

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#447244: Sep 7th 2015 at 4:00:15 PM

It should be able to stand on its plot an characters. Rather than a gimmmick.

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#447245: Sep 7th 2015 at 4:00:38 PM

True.

Then the only answer is-

"Stop trying to modernize Shakespearean plays"

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Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
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#447246: Sep 7th 2015 at 4:01:31 PM

a-am i wrong...

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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
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#447247: Sep 7th 2015 at 4:02:21 PM

@Jam: Well someone hates poetry wow what anti-intellectualism 0/10.

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#447248: Sep 7th 2015 at 4:03:38 PM

I'll still stand by Much Ado About Nothing though.

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ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
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#447249: Sep 7th 2015 at 4:04:07 PM

wait, box, wasnt that the whole point

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#447250: Sep 7th 2015 at 4:04:22 PM

So you're saying it can't.

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