[Stone Mountain]

Yes, I have. I guess I did not make myself clear. My point is that there does not have to be a graphic display of violence. For example, I have never seen a performance of "Hamlet" in which the deaths in the final scene featured blood squirting everywhere. We know that there are deaths, but we are spared the realistic portrayal of guts and gore.

I have to believe that this is because the medium he was using (medieval stage) doesn't allow for the realistic portrayal of guts and gore. From what I understand about Shakespeare - wrote for the common man - liked to explore relationships, violent and otherwise - plays full of intrigue - that if Shakespeare were alive today, he would be doing those exact things.

[Bigg Red]

..if Shakespeare were alive today, he would be doing those exact things.

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Well, we'll never know that for certain. But it is quite clear that his writing skills were sufficient to make gory scenes unnecessary. The same cannot be said for the hacks that call themselves writers today, which is why I see, onn average, only one motion picture per year.