Comments on: Is It Time To Cancel Shakespeare?

By: Slope Unblocked

Slope Unblocked — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 03:51:08 +0000

seems like the height of arrogance to consign a Shakespeare play to the dustbin of history, even if one has some understanding of it.

By: finn

finn — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 19:27:32 +0000

so, while i do agree with the whole ‘don’t cancel literature just because it makes you uncomfortable’, I can thoroughly understand why Mr Morpugo elected to exclude the M of V from his book. it is not an antisemitic piece, yet it could quite easily be perceived as one by someone of a less developed brain, ie a child. this could possibly have a negative impact on the child development. it is unlikely, but still, no risk is much better than little, especially when dealing with a small child.

By: Grace

Grace — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:03:09 +0000

One of my problems with people who talk about how bad “The Taming of the Shrew” is, is that Shakespeare IS NOT saying that what happened is right, he is writing about what happened. When I read the play as a high school freshman, I constantly said I disliked how sexist Shakespeare was. I didn’t know ANYTHING about him, other than I had to read a play where a woman is treated like an animal and “Tamed”. I didn’t realize Shakespeare wasn’t saying it was a GOOD thing. He was just saying it was done. If we cannot accept that it happened, we choose to ignore the past violence against women. I now appreciate it in a new light, and adore almost all things Shakespeare (With the exception of A Winters tale, bc that’s just objectively the most boring one)

By: torinwrigh

torinwrigh — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 02:37:22 +0000

Both productions are wonderful. After the play we came out gasping with emotion and wanted to see it again and again. Thank you to the esteemed Shakespeare and the creators of the plays!

By: Anton

Anton — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 21:16:20 +0000

It is an interesting article indeed. I did the translation into Russian and shared it on several local sites (russian sites, i mean). Many readers agreed with your opinion given in the article and drew a parallel between “cancelation” companies and Nazis, who had gone so far to burn books and … people. Probably, it was their “cancelation” company.
However, i’d like to thank you for this article.

By: David King

David King — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 22:12:02 +0000

Agree. And you are right about The M of V. It is a play about anti-semitism, not an anti-semitic play, a distinction sadly lost on many. I would disagree however that we ‘like’ the Venetian Christians; they are, esp Antonio, thoroughly unpleasant, and yes, anti-semitic.