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Taming of the Shrew was my favorite Shakespeare play as a kid. I thought the concept was really cute and silly, where everyone hated this girl who was a diamond in the rough, and this one guy sees her potential and they end up a happy couple after a heated rivalry (no pun intended, but not unwelcome here either lol)
I believed this until I was in late high school when I saw the play again, and I simply was disgusted. The abusive dynamics littered through the entire play among other really rough concepts.
And that gets to my point. A lot of Shakespeare can be this way, where the general concept of the play is immaculate, but the actual content can be really awful. Media that is inspired by Shakespeares work, yet are independently their own thing will almost always fix the content issue without destroying the good skeleton of an amazing story.
The second season of Bridgerton followed Taming of the Shrew in concept only, and it was honestly the best season of the show for me. The rivalry and banter of two intelligent individuals who like each other is such a good concept on its own, and they left out most of the bad stuff from Taming of the Shrew.
A good hamlet theming without being exactly the same is always welcome.
Romeo and Juliet has been done countless times and many of them are really solid! West Side Story being a wonderful example!
Pay your homage to Shakespeare of course, but set your own course and do something fun with it!
I am not saying all altered versions of Shakespeare are good either, just that I appreciate when it's done well AND fixes the rough content often present in Shakespeares work.
I have seen shakespeares plays since I was a little kid, and I LOVE much of his work, but I also find myself ready for more to be made WITH his work.
Also I feel this take is unpopular cause people seem to either hate Shakespeares work in its entirety, or be purists about his work.
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I believed this until I was in late high school when I saw the play again, and I simply was disgusted. The abusive dynamics littered through the entire play among other really rough concepts.
And that gets to my point. A lot of Shakespeare can be this way, where the general concept of the play is immaculate, but the actual content can be really awful. Media that is inspired by Shakespeares work, yet are independently their own thing will almost always fix the content issue without destroying the good skeleton of an amazing story.
The second season of Bridgerton followed Taming of the Shrew in concept only, and it was honestly the best season of the show for me. The rivalry and banter of two intelligent individuals who like each other is such a good concept on its own, and they left out most of the bad stuff from Taming of the Shrew.
A good hamlet theming without being exactly the same is always welcome.
Romeo and Juliet has been done countless times and many of them are really solid! West Side Story being a wonderful example!
Pay your homage to Shakespeare of course, but set your own course and do something fun with it!
I am not saying all altered versions of Shakespeare are good either, just that I appreciate when it's done well AND fixes the rough content often present in Shakespeares work.
I have seen shakespeares plays since I was a little kid, and I LOVE much of his work, but I also find myself ready for more to be made WITH his work.
Also I feel this take is unpopular cause people seem to either hate Shakespeares work in its entirety, or be purists about his work.
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