Shakespeare

Shakespeare

I traveled to the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign to see my daughter in her first college production. She was great. Her part was small (12 lines and some bawdy action). She played "Audrey" in As You Like It by William Shakespeare (or Bill, as I like to call him).

I never really cared for Bill's plays because I find them hard to understand. I mean, what language is that? "Olde Anglish"? Now all you Arts and Literature types be cool! I admit willingly that once I have Bill's work explained to me, I understand the significance of it. So many works that have come after his are in some way related to, or borrowed from, his ideas. But the bottom line is, I find his work tedious.

Opera, the Bible, a lot of kinds of Art, and the Law are lost on me. I need someone to explain these things to me. And somehow I think the people that actually do understand these things, like it this way. If everybody could understand it, we wouldn't need them! Give me a movie adapted from Shakespeare in everyday English, Rock Music, a picture Bible for kids, Rembrandt, and no lawsuits.

Now please be quiet. I'm going to watch a new teen movie called As You, Like, Like It with music by the Pussycat Dolls.

Nay I pray and beseech thee ne'er to subject me thus. For if it comes to pass that thou shouldst require I remain in a place of Bill's odious refrain yet again, I shall surely expire.

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