<![CDATA[All the ado about Shakespeare]]>I've just started my Shakespeare journey, which may or may not continue. Watching the Hollow Crown from the BBC, circa 2013.

Ok, so, even for the day, this must be completely stylized, or to put a slightly negative context to it, affected. The language is affected. We're told that Shakespeare was the greatest of writers. But nobody can possibly compete with that caricature of language. They'd be laughed at. It was a caricature even in his day. Of course he'll invent a bunch of shit. He was a language cartoonist.

I'm sorry to disappoint the Shakespeare fans among us.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/39780/all-the-ado-about-shakespeareRSS for NodeTue, 23 Jun 2026 21:48:55 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2026 17:53:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to All the ado about Shakespeare on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:02:37 GMT]]>I admit that he got the human condition. I'm pretty sure if his poetry was his only opus, he would not have been remembered. His cartoon language in his plays is why he's apparently the greatest writer ever. Probably no chance whatsoever that a Shakespeare born 50 years ago would have produced anything memorable.

But some think he basically invented humanity, which, actually, might have some merit.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364650https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364650Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:02:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All the ado about Shakespeare on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:00:10 GMT]]>ChatGPT, I know thee.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364649https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364649Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:00:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All the ado about Shakespeare on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:59:42 GMT]]>Avaunt, troll! Thou knowest not the substance of thy tongue, thou witless fool! Thy words do fly like scattered chaff before the wind, lacking all root, all sense, all worthy aim. Dost thou mistake the babbling brook for the deep and rolling ocean? Henceforth, hold thy peace, lest thou expose thy hollow skull to the scorn of all discerning minds.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364648https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364648Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:59:42 GMT