Saturday, March 23, 2013
‘Measure for Measure’ a sly barometer of today’s headlines
Chicago Sun-Times: A profoundly corrupt clergy. Hypocritical, moralistic politicians engaged in sexual indiscretions that run the gamut. Cops with a taste for brutality. A thriving sex industry that knows the power of a payoff. Prisons packed with both the deserving and undeserving. A crumbling infrastructure. Drugs.
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What an interesting concept. I think it would be truly eye opening to see our world today as viewed through a Shakespearean play. There's something about watching something that you haven't been told relates to your world, and you instead figure it out for yourself - like the play within Hamlet. Of course I see why it was a few decades earlier, so as to take out staunch criticism of what may be happening in New York currently. The great thing about Shakespeare is the versatility it allows. I think it is constructive to see that the things he wrote about are still applicable today.
This is like the other article about the hip hop take on Othello in Chicago in that these are both different and weird (in a good way) takes on Shakespeare's work. I must also say that I really do have a soft spot for shows that take place in New York City. I find it interesting that there is a demand for adaptations into more urban settings. Basically the common desire the place classic shows into more urban settings seem to be more the and more prevalent.
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