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1 posted on 09/15/2005 1:51:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Shakespeare Ping


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2 posted on 09/15/2005 1:53:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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Haris Pasovic is seeking to put "Hamlet" into a 21st Century setting.

WTF?

There hasn't been a Muslim prince at an Ottoman court since 1924 at the absolute latest.

3 posted on 09/15/2005 1:56:44 PM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave troops and their Commander in Chief)
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"Hamlet is a universal story that concerns us all," Pasovic said. "These issues do not concern only Muslims, but all people equally

That's big of him. Maybe some day some Christian director will go wild and stage Hamlet as if it took place in 16th Century England. That would be daring.

4 posted on 09/15/2005 2:01:59 PM PDT by Argus
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To: nickcarraway

A remarkably stupid idea.

Hamlet's tragic flaw--which is not actually hesitation, but presumption, the desire to damn Claudius, to which he as a mere man has no right, rather than just kill him, to which as an heir whose throne was usurped he has every right--makes not sense in an Islamic context, where deliberately damning (according to their lights) apostates, 'infidels' and the like is perfectly acceptable.


5 posted on 09/15/2005 2:02:28 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know . . .)
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IS hamlet going to ram airplanes into skyscrapers. That's 21st century muslim too.
10 posted on 09/15/2005 2:53:02 PM PDT by CzarNicky (The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
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Most interesting! I greatly admire modern adaptations of Shakespeare, most notably Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet film from the mid-90's.


11 posted on 09/15/2005 9:21:36 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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