What's the Big Deal About Shakespeare?

Discussion in 'Hip Arts and Culture' started by Jimbee68, Mar 10, 2023.

  1. Jimbee68

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    People, people who are usually intellectuals who would understand it (let's be frank), keep telling us we should study it.

    For example, in the fictional ST: TNG series, Picard says, "Data, you're here to learn about the human condition and there is no better way of doing that than by embracing Shakespeare.", The Defector (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Season 3, Episode 10.

    I also find it ironic. Because Shakespeare used to play it in the Globe Theatre on the outskirts of London. And it was attended by the common masses, many of whom couldn't even read. Plus, I don't know if you know this. But most of the howling masses back then were suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome, because drinking fresh water back then was dangerous, if not deadly sometimes.

    So what makes it so special?
     

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