From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 11/30/14, 1:21 PM, Michelle Bottorff wrote:   
   > William Vetter  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Michelle Bottorff was thinking very hard :   
   >>> J.Pascal  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> A relatively "big" author (I remember who but I'm going to mangle the   
   >>>> quote so I probably ought not say that so and so said this exactly) once   
   >>>> explained that if the purpose is emotional engagement and emotional   
   >>>> response that negative emotions are the easiest to manipulate.  That   
   >>>> "happy" is actually, artistically, more difficult to do well.   
   >>>   
   >>> I find it way easier to annoy people than to make their day, for sure.   
   >>>>> rueful::   
   >>   
   >> Do you think _Romeo and Juliet_ sucks?   
   >   
   > Yes.   
   >   
   > I think I must have seen it, (I know I studied it in school).  I don't   
   > want to see it again. Or Lear.  Or Hamlet.  Or even Macbeth.   
   >   
   > _Much Ado About Nothing_ , on the other hand, I've watched at least   
   > three different productions of so far, and would be delighted to go for   
   > more.   
      
      
   	My favorite Shakespeare is _The Tempest_. Though I confess to having   
   *seen* very little Shakespeare; I can't understand plays that I've   
   attended. Reading works far better for me. I love *being* a performer in   
   a play, but I can't fathom why people go to SEE them.   
      
      
      
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