From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:56:33 -0500, Cryptoengineer   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 1/21/2026 10:55 PM, danny burstein wrote:   
   >> In <10ks722$2m7g4$1@dont-email.me> Cryptoengineer    
   writes:   
   >>    
   >> [snip]   
   >>    
   >>> I'm reminded of the number of times Shakespeare plots have been updated   
   >>> or rehoused in films:   
   >>> West Side Story, Clueless, Throne of Blood, RAN, etc.   
      
   I saw /Ran/ but, really, I would never have guessed it's connection to   
   /King Lear/ if every reviewer in the world wasn't proclaiming it at   
   the top of their voice.   
      
   >> Forbidden Planet   
   >   
   >Good catch!   
   >   
   >Of course, 'Clueless' isn't based on Shakespeare, but Austen.   
      
   I once saw a movie of /Emma/, but found it to be very very tame   
   compared to /Clueless/.   
      
   Note that this probably says more about my personal taste then about   
   the actual relative quality of the films.   
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   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
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