Comments | angevin2: random fannish pseudo-insight

angevin2

random fannish pseudo-insight

Oct 31, 2005 02:11

...achieved while discussing the trendiness of Christopher Marlowe with commodorified:

Marlowe is the Sirius Black of Elizabethan drama.

Discuss. Or, you know, don't. ;)

crackpot theories, fannish, harry potter, marlowe

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rymenhild October 31 2005, 00:20:28 UTC

Marlowe, like Black, possesses a bad-boy image and ambiguous sexuality that renders him appealing to fangirls?

angevin2 October 31 2005, 00:22:27 UTC

Pretty much, yes! ;)

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kd5mdk October 31 2005, 12:16:47 UTC

Not a member of the Establishment, but a supporter of it. Yeah, James would be Shakespeare.

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roxulasbride October 31 2005, 01:12:36 UTC

lol - love it!

a_t_rain October 31 2005, 08:58:53 UTC

I have a very long and complicated theory about how the Duchess of Malfi is actually the Sirius Black of early modern drama, but that works, I guess :)

cheshyre November 10 2005, 21:11:08 UTC

Marlowe is the Sirius Black of Elizabethan drama.

OMG! I love it!

cheshyre November 11 2005, 06:25:10 UTC

PS: I'd love to hear more about any conclusions you came to on Marlowe's trendiness.

I have a few ideas, but I think I'm going to use this entry of yours as a springboard for my own post in riba_rambles.

FWIW, checking my list, 2004 was the biggest year for Marlowe fiction, with 6 books, 1 short-story and 1 new play.
1993 (the year after The Reckoning was released) came in second, with 6 works.

Even though there's one month left to go in the year, 2005 only has four new works, which include one play and two self-published, tying for fourth place with 2000. [2002 ranked 3rd]