A growl and an OMFGYAY

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The growl:

Quoting Hamlet out of context only makes you look smart and well read (and quite frankly pompous as HELL) to someone who hasn't read, watched, analyzed and performed it to death in various academic settings. Yes, Polonius had two oft-quoted bits of advice to his son... but considering this character is generally agreed to be a misguided, bumbling busybody who comes to a nasty end while eavesdropping (stabbed in the "arras" as it were), that kind of throws an altogether different light on said bits of pithy wisdom and by extension the person regurgitating them.

tl:dr, if you're going to moralize about my past behavior and do it using quotes that were tired 300 years ago, at least pick a better mouthpiece than Polonius, for fuck's sake. Also, don't use my favorite play against me. I have a Riverside Shakespeare and I WILL beat you over the head it. Have you seen this thing? That's a guaranteed concussion. Don't tempt me.



The SQUEE:

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Comments

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, wasn't this thoroughly covered in Clueless, of all places? Quoting Polonius for truth means automatic LOSE!

[grinninfoole.livejournal.com]

The wisdom of Polonius's advice isn't undercut by his own unwillingness to live by it, any more than, say, Kwame Nkrumah's denunciations of corruption and tyrrany in post-colonial governments were invalidated by his own tyrannical corruption.

[ruisseau.livejournal.com]

Tangentially related: I had the most fun ever introducing sixth graders to Shakespeare through reading them Bruce Coville's adaptation of Hamlet. Coville wove lines from the play with simpler dialogue and plenty of narration that helps the reader picture the story in a way that is difficult to do reading the play. It also makes the murder, revenge, suicide plot more accessible to younger readers. My kids who paid attention LOVED IT and I did, too. :)

I also had a great deal of fun reading them The Tell Tale Heart complete with heartbeat noises. I think it may have been my most dramatic reading ever. :)

I think the point of this comment is that Hamlet is cool and I like to read aloud.

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

I have a Riverside Shakespeare and I WILL beat you over the head it. Have you seen this thing? That's a guaranteed concussion. Don't tempt me.
WIN

[chimaerandi.livejournal.com]

ohhhhhh I like you already.


Though Othello is the best Shakespeare play.

[bottledgoose.livejournal.com]

Othello is damn good, yes. And damn sexy when Laurence Fishburne plays him. :D

[nieceytee.livejournal.com]

HELL YES he was sexy as HAYELL in Othello. I was eye fucking the screen the entire time he was on it.

[grinninfoole.livejournal.com]

You have a point, but quoting Hamlet nevertheless adds the sheen of erudition to an assertion, even a foolish one. The devil hath a power to assume a pleasing shape, after all. :)

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

*snort* I always get pissed off when parents try to justify book-banning by saying it will Lead The Youths Astray and then proe it by quoting THE OBVIOUS BAD GUY. Hamlet or Harry Potter, doesn't matter, I just wish peopl got NUANCE.