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Modern Shakespeare

"So, this was one of the island's weird weekends," Karla announced. "Which means it might have been your first bout of dealing with Fandom's ideas of whimsy. That can always take a few days to shake off. Also, it was a weekend for the vast majority of the island's inhabitants. So rather than watching another movie and analyzing it, we'll be watching a documentary about why Shakespeare's works endure to this day. The internet went mad over the newest documentary by historian Philomena Cunk when she took on Shakespeare and I finally managed to track down a copy that wasn't region-locked. It's only a half an hour, so I figured we'd spend a little time after that discussing some of what she covered and how that context will help your understanding of future plays and then I'll let you go early."

Karla was really going to regret not having the chance to watch this first.

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In one of the seven genres of plays: horror, romance, comedy, tragedy, historical, fantasy...

Or Shakespearean.

Peridot

Hanna Heller

Lucille Sharpe

Gratuity Tucci

Rufus Shinra

Cosette Fauchelevent

Kaylin Neya

Steven Universe

Karla had no idea what they were in for with the documentary. The students who weren't from Earth were going to end up very confused.

[It's a mockumentary much in the style of The Daily Show; real information wrapped in jokes and misinformation, like the idea that Shakespeare was bald as a child, the 'bionic plague', Game of Thrones, and plenty of Shakespeare meta.]

Edited 2016-06-01 19:49 (UTC)

Hanna started giggling at the point where the bionic plague was mentioned, and pretty much didn't stop for the next hour.

So, what did you learn from that in-depth discussion of Shakespeare's life, times, and plays?

"There are some great speeches." Hanna still looked giggly. "And I don't want to die in a car-park either."

Her dad killed a lot of people in a car-park. Just that once, though.