[ SECRET POST #3510 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3510 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Stephen King]


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[John Green]


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[American Gods]


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[Charlie Hunnam in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword]


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[Penn & Teller: Fool Us]


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[Steven Universe]


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[Questionable Content]


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[Ghostbusters 2016]











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Comments

[starzki]

The most helpful thing that I was taught when learning Shakespeare is that you don't necessarily need to understand every word that is being spoken. The way it was put to me was that it's a bit like a foreign language with some idioms and turns of phrase that we won't understand, and that's okay. When watching the performance and the characters' reactions to those words, we'll have enough context to understand that phrase.

You're there for the story and the dialogue is only a small bit of it. Yes, a lot of the discussion of Shakespeare from academics is about the language, but that doesn't need to be your or any other audience member's focus. These are plays and are meant to be performed. The actors and directors are not doing their jobs if they can't convey the story in more than dialogue.

[(Anonymous)]

weeeellll... whenever I read/watch shakespeare I find new puns and plays on idioms so I wouldn't say it's a *small* bit exactly. the stories aren't that special or new, most of the time and the language is actually a pretty big part of it, I'd say.

[starzki]

The language is why a lot of people LOVE Shakespeare (me included).

However, if someone is not great at understanding Shakespeare as written, a performance should be able to get them to where they understand the story and what is going on.

For example, I really like Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy, but for a large part of my youth watching the movie, I really only understood: (Hamlet unsure) -> (Hamlet with resolve).

Enjoying the story and the performance may lead to an attempt to better understand the language and to get to all the little things one misses in a fast-paced play.