Lexington Herald-Leader | 08/25/2005 | Author takes her series seriously
I like Rita Mae Brown after reading this article. Not only does she say cool literary things like “Genre books are a sonnet…if you stay inside the format, you can say anything you want,” but she also says uber-cool things like “any reader would have to be a ‘blithering idiot’ not to be thrilled by the pyrotechnics of Shakespeare.”

To be fair, I’m not taking “blithering idiot” as particularly insulting. I think that she’s pointing to people who never read Shakespeare and just assume that he was dull and boring. There are plenty of people out there who really do try, and want to understand, but sometimes find it hard. That’s not the same thing.

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I found this story funny about Tom Cruise “being happier in a previous life, when he was Shakespeare.” Turns out that the whole interview with him and all the quotes is a big hoax, but it’s being picked up and reported as truth, and he’s all upset over it. Maybe he should take some anti-depressants or something.

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JESSICA SIMPSON – SIMPSON SETS SIGHT ON SHAKESPEARE

Not really sure what joke to make here. I find it none too surprising that such an announcement from Jessica Simpson comes hot on the heels of revelation that Marilyn Monroe had wanted to get into more Shakespeare as well. Once again the standard question, what role would she play? What evidence has there been in anything that she’s ever done to give a hint that she can play something with depth?

The Hurricane Name Game

Friend Rob pointed out to me this morning that if we get up to hurricane O, then Shakespeare geeks can geekout over hurricane Ophelia. 🙂 Personally I’m thinking that hurricane Miranda, to get in the Tempest reference, would be that much cooler. But I’ll take what I can get.

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The RSS Debate What’s in a name

Not the most Shakespearey article I’ve ever posted, this one deals more with the whole “RSS” thing I’ve been talking about lately and gives a little history, particularly about people’s desire to change the name.