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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Shakespeare didn’t sound like classical poshness to his works’ first audiences. It had new words in it and didn’t require mispronunciations in order to rhyme. It was more like storytelling via rap battle and I’m down for some early 21st-century upgrades to it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There is a whole bunch of 21st century rewrites of Shakespeare but I can’t remember who did them. It might have been the BBC.

I know that Macbeth takes place in a Michelin star restaurant. And I’m fairly sure Taming Of The Shrew takes place in a Centre Parcs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Similarly, I’ve seen a few operas that were modernizes. To varying success… The ring cycle doesn’t really work well with that butbla bohem was pretty good.