Perchance the authors of the 'study' (more appropriately considered a 'hit piece') are not intellectually capable of reading, enjoying, understanding, and learning from Shakespeare's literary art and observations. Their loss. They are fools.
What a load of clap-trap. Shakespeare was around mid / late 16th century when life was quite different. Still run by elites mind you.
Who cares anyway? Does it really matter? Will they spend £100M on investigating the works of Chaucer next? At a time when the UK government is letting schools and the NHS rot, I find this disgusting.
It’s all perverse and disgusting tbh. We are consistently and constantly fed sh*t from the media, from social media, from the government.
I was getting worked up about it all, but now I’m doing my best not to give one, because the only person it hurts is me. No one bothers listening cos they think I’m a conspiracy theorist. Let’s see…..
" Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search."
Did the Study's authors forget that Shakespeare was a private entrepreneur whos audience was virtually all white and in a time when esg and dei scores were centuries away from being a thing? He did what anyone would do in his era and catered to his audience.
The oppressive mass of stupidity and malice that now crushes us may so compress creative spirits as to power an explosion of magnificence. Keep going, Peter, you are among sparks that may light the slumbering explosives.
Yet one more of the endless examples of misuse of tax revenues. Why in the hell conduct a study of Shakespeare with government funds? To what end? Other than making up (so-called) work in order to funnel these monies to do-nothing thieves. If someone wants to study Shakespeare plays…they can damn well feel free to do it with their own personal monies! If only. This is NOT the function of government.
Nouveau Stalins be like: "Show me the classic and I'll show you the crime!" (I'm referencing the possibly apocryphal quote from Stalinist-era Soviet jurist Andrey Vyshinsky). But wait, I thought Bill was kinda into DEI since he gave the poor oppressed moor a lead role in Othello? In all seriousness, it's a great testament to the relevance of classics that the tyrants want to bury them. Just goes to show that literature such as Shakespeare or Aristotle (and everything else they're trying to get rid of) is enabling of human freedom. Why else would they fear it?
This is ALL about sending money (grants etc) to favoured people and organisations of similar ideology, in exchange for biased answers and conclusions (affirmations) which support a predetermined narrative.
I guess (in their collective madness) they determined that literature and creativity are only acceptable if it is the spawn of a non-white (what is that really), non-binary or transgender artist.
Perchance the authors of the 'study' (more appropriately considered a 'hit piece') are not intellectually capable of reading, enjoying, understanding, and learning from Shakespeare's literary art and observations. Their loss. They are fools.
Most of what passes for government and controlled media speech these days is, “A tale told by an idiot, signify nothing! “
What a load of clap-trap. Shakespeare was around mid / late 16th century when life was quite different. Still run by elites mind you.
Who cares anyway? Does it really matter? Will they spend £100M on investigating the works of Chaucer next? At a time when the UK government is letting schools and the NHS rot, I find this disgusting.
It’s all perverse and disgusting tbh. We are consistently and constantly fed sh*t from the media, from social media, from the government.
I was getting worked up about it all, but now I’m doing my best not to give one, because the only person it hurts is me. No one bothers listening cos they think I’m a conspiracy theorist. Let’s see…..
Great post. The West seems intent on committing intentional intellectual seppuku.
" Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search."
- The Merchant of Venice
"It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."
- Macbeth
Well said sir.
Did the Study's authors forget that Shakespeare was a private entrepreneur whos audience was virtually all white and in a time when esg and dei scores were centuries away from being a thing? He did what anyone would do in his era and catered to his audience.
John Leake! Touché! Brilliant writing sir.
Geez how many dogs and cats could I have saved with the money pissed away in this ridiculous nonsense....
The oppressive mass of stupidity and malice that now crushes us may so compress creative spirits as to power an explosion of magnificence. Keep going, Peter, you are among sparks that may light the slumbering explosives.
Yet one more of the endless examples of misuse of tax revenues. Why in the hell conduct a study of Shakespeare with government funds? To what end? Other than making up (so-called) work in order to funnel these monies to do-nothing thieves. If someone wants to study Shakespeare plays…they can damn well feel free to do it with their own personal monies! If only. This is NOT the function of government.
Nouveau Stalins be like: "Show me the classic and I'll show you the crime!" (I'm referencing the possibly apocryphal quote from Stalinist-era Soviet jurist Andrey Vyshinsky). But wait, I thought Bill was kinda into DEI since he gave the poor oppressed moor a lead role in Othello? In all seriousness, it's a great testament to the relevance of classics that the tyrants want to bury them. Just goes to show that literature such as Shakespeare or Aristotle (and everything else they're trying to get rid of) is enabling of human freedom. Why else would they fear it?
This is ALL about sending money (grants etc) to favoured people and organisations of similar ideology, in exchange for biased answers and conclusions (affirmations) which support a predetermined narrative.
I guess (in their collective madness) they determined that literature and creativity are only acceptable if it is the spawn of a non-white (what is that really), non-binary or transgender artist.
Commies gonna purge. He that controls the present, controls the past…
moral of story - do not fund or listen to morons.