{"id":228781,"date":"2014-02-06T14:56:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T14:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/02\/06\/but-i-am-afraid-we-must-face-the-likelihood-that\/"},"modified":"2014-02-06T14:56:25","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T14:56:25","slug":"but-i-am-afraid-we-must-face-the-likelihood-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/02\/06\/but-i-am-afraid-we-must-face-the-likelihood-that\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

But I am afraid we must face the likelihood that he [Shakespeare] wrote bawdy, not because the audience insisted on it, nor his fellow actors, nor even the aristocratic followers of his work, but just because it amused him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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John Berryman (via howtotalktogirlsdialectically<\/a>)<\/p>\n

#\u2026yeah this is new?<\/a>\u00a0#spoiler alert<\/a>\u00a0#shakespeare was dating a hot blond dude and the owner of a brothel<\/a>\u00a0#his bff got killed in a spy rendezvous\/bar fight combination<\/a>\u00a0#he himself died by choking on fish after partying too hard<\/a>\u00a0#like<\/a>\u00a0#shakespeare liked dick jokes<\/a>\u00a0#(and probably also dick)<\/a>\u00a0#your attempts to attach modern standards of \u2018classiness\u2019 to him are wrong<\/a>\u00a0#(and also gross as hell bc he LITERALLY DIDN\u2019T HAVE CLASS<\/a>\u00a0#HE WAS A GLOVEMAKER\u2019S SON<\/a>\u00a0#IT WAS AWESOME)<\/a>\u00a0#shouts \u2018stop trying to appropriate shakespeare for the rich academic elite\u2019 into the void<\/a>\u00a0#i never writ; nor no man ever loved<\/a>\u00a0@swanjolras<\/p>\n

(via festeringfae<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Someone finally articulated what I couldn\u2019t<\/p>\n

(via rinwolfy<\/a>)<\/p>\n

#it both amuses me to no end<\/a>\u00a0and pisses me the hell off<\/a>\u00a0#that there\u2019s still this ever pervasive fucking myth<\/a>\u00a0#that good art can only come from some kind of prestigious wealthy or academic background<\/a>\u00a0#no<\/a>\u00a0#and that\u2019s why art is wonderful<\/a>\u00a0#it mocks those stereotypes<\/a>\u00a0#you can posture all you want<\/a>\u00a0#but talent doesn\u2019t care<\/a>\u00a0#and you can\u2019t fucking buy it<\/a><\/p>\n

(via tchy<\/a>)<\/p>\n

“I am afraid we must face the likelihood” oh I bet you\u2019re afraid<\/p>\n

be afraid of shakespeare\u2019s infinite sex puns<\/em><\/p>\n

(via jcatgrl<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But I am afraid we must face the likelihood that he [Shakespeare] wrote bawdy, not because the audience insisted on it, nor his fellow actors, nor even the aristocratic followers of his work, but just because it amused him. John Berryman (via howtotalktogirlsdialectically) #\u2026yeah this is new?\u00a0#spoiler alert\u00a0#shakespeare was dating a hot blond dude and … <\/p>\n

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