Comments | rivlee: oh dear god

rivlee

oh dear god

Apr 12, 2010 22:38

And thus marks the end of modern civilization.

Look, my main gripe about this, and the article, is that while Shakespeare's plays may have changed to fit the audience of the time, the language in full form has always been most important. And not just the language, but the speaking and performing of it. Sure, you can read Hamlet and The Temptest ( Read more... )

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ahria April 13 2010, 02:48:30 UTC

Shakespeare tweets=ewwww.

vid made me lmao. : D

rivlee April 13 2010, 22:57:24 UTC

I am not a fan of the Shakespeare tweeting.

"The Night The Lights Went Out In Geor-Gia." I say it like that when I can't actually curse someone out.

azure_raven April 13 2010, 16:14:28 UTC

Tweeting has no place in Shakespeare. I agree that to fully appreciate those works of literature you must hear them spoken by a gifted actor/actress. Tweeting just doesn't cut it.
Also, I love Designing Women and Julia was always my favorite. That's a shame about her passing. And ,yes, that speech of her's is one of my favorites. Thanks for posting it, Shannon. its been forever since I had seen it.

rivlee April 13 2010, 22:58:49 UTC

The fact that Shakepeare is being brought down to 140 character text messages just kind of irks me. I mean, he wrote in meter for a reason, you know? I know, I know, modern adaptations and all but there are reasons why modern adaptations of Shakespeare in what the language and script is changed don't fare well.

*hugs* Everyone needs the Dixie Carter love.

red_ajah April 13 2010, 18:54:23 UTC

I heard about that - sad. I loved that show! She and Suzanne was the whole reason for watching :)

Well, the times are a changing - it's like how in Japan you have novels written on cell phones and at least one of which have won an award. It is The RSC and as times change I guess they are just trying to make things more accessible to new audiences in new formats and I guess they hope that that will translate back to the classics themselves. I don't think Shakespeare will never be not relevant. Ever.
I understand where you're coming from as you now have kids in school using internet slang in essay writing which is definite decay (to me at least. Could be language evolution to some) but this just shows culturally where we are. I really get the need for and the importance of Twitter and knowing and updating what you're doing or what thought passes through your head every minute but *shrug*

You really should try A Game of Thrones and Kim Harrison *poke*

rivlee April 13 2010, 23:04:08 UTC

My problem with the whole Shakes-Tweet thing is my general problem with modern adaptations of Shakepseare (or any Classic Work, really) where they change the language and the point so much to make it "modern" it just falls flat and fails. I still have nightmares over the time I was forced to watch the interpretive dance version of "Hamlet."

See, the one reason I don't get twitter outside of like, marketing value, is the fact that I really don't want to know what people are doing every min. of every day. I don't care how famous or not famous you are, I really don't need 5 tweets of what you made for dinner and what you're drinking now and your random shot 5000 of the lizard in the parking lot.

I have tried so many times to read A Game of Thrones and it is just not happening right now. I'm not pulled in, I can't get past the first 5 pages, and I'm generally not in the mood for High Fantasy at the moment. I'm hoping that will change b/c I do want to read it. I'm still on the fence about the Kim Harrison books, I've heard good and bad ( ... )