'Conviction (1)'
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Man, I'd pay good money to eavesdrop on my better-educated Faire friends MST3K'ing the shit out of that movie.
My DH is absolutely LIVID about this film. Even seeing the trailer enrages him. As former Literary Manager at the Public Theater and dramaturg for Shakespeare in the Park, the whole Oxfordian thing is like a slap in the face to him. It's kinda sexy when he gets all defensive of his guy, Will.
Oh, bless your DH. He's made of love.
At Stratford Upon Avon they encouraged everyone to go see the movie and throw rotten fruit at the screen.
At Stratford Upon Avon they encouraged everyone to go see the movie and throw rotten fruit at the screen.
I'm sure they were kidding, but for the sake of the theatre owners I hope nobody took them up on it.
No, it was very much kidding, sorry if that wasn't apparent. But they were obviously very annoyed by the whole concept of the movie.
They know that people have tossed around these theories for years, right?
I want to believe Shakespeare was Shakespeare, just one man with a gift, so I do. But I still think it's fascinating to read the theories people come up with.
They know that people have tossed around these theories for years, right?
Not that I claim to speak for all Shakespeare scholars, but I'm pretty sure they've been annoyed for years too. (DH's aunt goes on fairly regular screaming rants about Shakespeare conspiracy theorists. It's highly entertaining.)
My DH is absolutely LIVID about this film. Even seeing the trailer enrages him. As former Literary Manager at the Public Theater and dramaturg for Shakespeare in the Park, the whole Oxfordian thing is like a slap in the face to him. It's kinda sexy when he gets all defensive of his guy, Will.
loves on Scrappy's DH
The only time I have pulled out the "I spent years studying this subject and you haven't, so STFU" card with M, it was on the Authorship Question.
If we're talking "things I get het up about," I guess Shakespeare isn't one of them.
I don't think there's been a movie by Roland Emmerich that hasn't outraged me.
If we're talking "things I get het up about," I guess Shakespeare isn't one of them.
Me neither. I also don't notice historical inaccuracies in films unless they're, like, Thomas Jefferson using his iPad. So when people do notice those things, I feel like Cletus the slack-jawed yokel.