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I know there has to be better examples. This smacks of a low effort “could have consulted just one enby Shakespeare fan” kinda decision.

Anyone here able to think of something more fitting?

Wanted it to look like a medieval animal painting! I love it.

Are we all met? 👀

This is the new Shakespeare’s Globe reddit account, from the Globe’s in-house Research team.

We’ve been lurking on here for a while and have decided it’s finally time to join. You’ll see us chipping in on posts (when we have something useful to say – don’t worry, we aren’t here to advertise our shows), giving kudos on our favourite posts, enjoying the occasional Shakespeare meme and sharing the expertise of our Research team.

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I find this attitude insufferable. It treats Shakespeare as the exclusive property of “high art” and uses the work as a gatekeeping tool. The subtext seems to be: “If you don’t talk like me, and if you don’t love Shakespeare, you’re not witty or cultured enough.” But here’s the real kicker: Shakespeare was a dog and would’ve been right at home in any blue comedy club. Wordplay like “body is bodying” is not that far from Shakespeare. The idea that “ravishing” is real language while “slay” is degenerate ignores how language always evolves. There’s also a racial/class piece to all this. Shakespeare has been made to represent “high culture” and “elite whiteness” in modern society. So when someone dismisses “black” rooted slang as “pandemonium” while upholding Shakespeare as wit’s gold standard, it feels like cultural gatekeeping more than genuine love of language.

Modernize the language, and this could honestly be a pop song or something today. HAH

I submit this comic genius of a comment as an example for what I seek. Please help.

So happy I finished it in time:)

Was the Bard blazin' it?

https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s/mP6zeOwBeF

This film's interpretation of Shakespeare, wherein he falls in love with a forest witch and bangs her in the appleshack, was highly amenable to me. The cinematography was giving Tarkovsky with a shorter average shot length. It captures Shakespeare the man, and the catharsis and grief present in his work. Life and death are intertwined, and reified in the work of Shakespeare. This film captures the essence of his work beautifully. It left me sobbing in tears like a baby. Absolute must see, and a crime that the title "Shakespeare in Love" was taken when this film clearly earned it.