Help a geek out : Shakespeare term paper

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I just tripped over Confessions of an Undercover Geek, where he’s just finished a paper for his Politics Through Fiction class entitled “Shakespeare and the Pursuit of Hope and Purpose Within a Society.” He asks folks to read it and tell him what they think.

I figure a little boost of traffic from some dedicated Shakespeare fans wouldn’t hurt, so do the man a favor if you get a moment and hook him up with some comments.

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Shakespeare by Email : Have some Hamlet with your Viagra

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Here’s an interesting idea, I suppose – you can sign up to have a Shakespearean play emailed to you in pieces. I guess maybe it’s easier to mentally set yourself for reading the whole thing if you only have to tackle pieces at a time? Apparently the company has quite the boatload of books as part of this service, too. Not just our friendly neighborhood Bard.

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Shakespeare Games : Romeo and Juliet

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I’ve noticed that one of the more popular Shakespeare queries that I see is for Shakespeare games. In particular, Romeo and Juliet games. This morning I found one. Shakespeare4Kidz has a games section that combines a flash “shoot out” with a standard quiz about the play — answer a question right to get the chance to kick a ball past the goalie. For some bizarre reason you can customize the goalie, and choices include Ghandhi, Nelson Mandela, Bill Gates, Queen Victoria, and Karl Marx.

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Stage Beauty

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Anybody seen “Stage Beauty”? I don’t think I’d ever even really heard of it, although it is a very recent (2004) Shakespeare-eque movie. Today I saw Victoria Lane’s blog where she calls it “…one of the most breathtaking films centered around Shakespeare I’ve ever seen.” Looks like another one to add to my list!

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Scotland, PA

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I knew about the movie Scotland, PA, which is a retelling of Macbeth at a hamburger joint. JoeUltimate has a quick writeup where I learn that Christopher Walken is in it. I can’t really see myself going to hunt it down just to see, but if it makes the rounds on one of the assorted movie channels (it apparently did Sundance) then I’ll have to make sure to Tivo it.

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