text: The Reader Travels » 2008 » June
  Dabbling in the stream
  I wouldn't ever pretend to be a Shakespearean scholar or a philosopher. I'm a dabbler, a generalist. I think lots of things are interesting, so I follow threads on whims. I don't need to know everything there is to know about a subject. I don't want to be an expert on anything. I love to […]
  Posted in meanderings | 1 Comment » Rosencat and Guildenboar
  You know, when Disney does Shakespeare (or anything, for that matter), there's always a happy ending, regardless of whether it's based on a comedy or a tragedy. Hamlet is no exception. I watched Be Kind Rewind this week, and they made subtle reference to The Lion King's roots, calling it, "Shakespearean." I just smiled because […]
  Posted in Africa, Shakespeare in the Movies | 2 Comments » The Wicked Step-Father
  It's Father's Day, and we could talk about Katherina's good father Baptista in The Taming of the Shrew, but we won't. Instead, we'll talk about the evil step-father who kills his own brother to attain the throne - Hamlet's uncle/father Claudius. It's not that I don't love my father, because I do. It's just that […]