Mentions (21)
"They don't do novel studies anymore, not even shit like Shakespeare or The Great Gatsby. Standardized testing was 'halted' during covid and there's been no mention of bringing it back."
"They make dasha and anna sound like Shakespeare. And the sad part is that dasha and anna are stupid too, they're just smart compared to this."
"Wanna-be snobs can't handle that the best English writing was done by an ordinary dude, not a nobleman"
"In the 1800s your average American was familiar with Shakespeare, or at least aspired to. Abraham Lincoln would quote Shakespeare in his stump speeches, or even in jury trials. If a politician quoted King Lear in 2024 they would be laughed at, it's almost unthinkable."
"i use 'something is rotten in the state of denmark' whenever i experience a minor setback, especially due to infrastructural failures. e.g., only the upwards escalator is broken, they have run out of choco leibniz biscuits (milk chocolate variety) at tesco's."
"Shakespeare, Joyce, Ozu, Pynchon and McCarthy etc created awe inspiring works of art honouring god built around toilet humour. Cumtown is the stuff of philosopher kings and middle schoolers."
"I don't know what Iggy did to her but this was so Modern Day Shakespeare of her tbh"
"If Shakespeare time traveled to now, do you think he'd have ANYTHING in common with your average white cis man? His from 500 years ago. He's never seen an airplane or a TV or indoor plumbing. Your average modern cis white man has more in common with Laverne Cox than Shakespeare."
"Shakespeare was not some macabre and tortured artist, he was a funny pervert who had a great way with words. Even in many of his 'tragedies' there are clearly satirical elements (the porter in Macbeth)."
"This, too, I mean, that if Shakespeare has not been equalled, he is sure to be surpassed, and surpassed by an American born now or yet to be born."
"Welles plays Falstaff in this combined adaptation of five of Shakespeare's plays, which it might just be the greatest adaptation of The Bard ever. Filmed in secret, using money obtained under false pretenses, Welles does the impossible and makes the Bard as breathless and lively as it was 400 years "
"bookshelf was mid and actually quite disappointing. they did have a lot of obviously read Shakespeare works and like ancient classics (homer and Aristophanes) but most books on the shelves were just YA fiction"
"During Peter Vack's q and a he compared the movie to shakespeare's comedies insofar as 'they were funny then but modern audiences don't find them funny now..' which is not true."
"Tolstoy fucked hookers. He pumped his ejaculate into ladies of the night – so did Shakespeare. Shakespeare stole a theater off Giles Allen's land, and probably died after drinking too much."
"gonna read greek mythology and shakespeare to them before bed."
"Like I've never seen someone being smug during english class because their classmates didn't get shakespear lmao. But for some reason the math geeks have such an inflated ego."
"never before have words alone brought me to tears and i havent felt this moved since being introduced shakespeares sonnets in like 9th grade english class."
"A fake ally neckbearded microaggression-committing shitty white male university student was giving a book report on William Shakespeare, known dead white man."
"This, too, I mean, that if Shakespeare has not been equalled, he is sure to be surpassed, and surpassed by an American born now or yet to be born."
"The Tempest directed by Antoni Cimolino with Martha Henry as Prospero – one of the greatest productions of any Shakespeare play ever."
"Do you read Shakespeare? Is there a preferred way of doing so?"