Rather than the usual pillows and comfortable chairs in a modern living room, today the students would walk through the door of the Danger Shop and enter the Globe Theater. "Hello!" Karla called, waving to them from the middle balcony. "So, the current production of A Midsummer Night's Dream playing at the real Globe in London is sadly well over an ( Read more... )

"We briefly touched on feminism in our last class," Karla said, handing out summaries of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew as well as a very basic introduction to the concept of feminism. "This play has vexed feminists and feminist scholars for years with its depiction of the relationship between the two main characters and the change in Kate from ( Read more... )

After the violent disaster that had been Jono and Hannibal's wedding (of which she had contributed much of the violence), Karla was tempted to show Ran. But she wasn't sure Peridot's reading level was up to snuff to follow the subtitles. So, instead, she had another movie that discussed violence in its many variations and the effect it has on the ( Read more... )

"So, this was one of the island's weird weekends," Karla announced. "Which means it might have been your first bout of dealing with Fandom's ideas of whimsy. That can always take a few days to shake off. Also, it was a weekend for the vast majority of the island's inhabitants. So rather than watching another movie and analyzing it, we'll be ( Read more... )

"So, just about every year, the island picks a day and makes you sing," Karla said with the smug smile of someone who'd been through it a million times by now and had no fear of it left. "You will sing. Likely, you will sing in public and in front of your peers. If you're lucky, you'll get away with just singing about what you're doing, little ( Read more... )

The beanbags and other comfortable seating were back as the class settled in to watch Scotland, PA, a take on Macfinlay. Before the movie began, Karla passed around a plot summary of the original play. "In what is usually considered Shakespeare's take on the folly of ambition, we have the Macfinlays who are given a prophecy: Macfinlay will become ( Read more... )

Karla's class took place in an ordinary classroom, though she'd taken a leaf from Lady Ghanima's book and had all the desks cleared out, replacing them with cushions and over-sized beanbags, as well as a few padded chairs. They were going to be watching movies this session and Karla saw no reason why everybody shouldn't be comfortable. When the ( Read more... )

Right after sunset, to make sure all types of guests could safely attend, the ceremony for graduation was ready to go. The lawn of the school had been lit up with blue and gold lights, which reflected nicely off of the glitter scattered throughout the lawn ( Read more... )