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Why is this too solid flesh not melting? ([info]apoplexia) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-05-22 15:34:00


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A little amuse bouche before dinner.
Over on Indiana Auditions, someone asks the seemingly harmless question:

How do you recite Shakespeare?

Various people weigh in with their experiences and helpful suggestions, and all goes well until... the vexed question of meter comes up:

Mr Antrobus suggests throwing out the meter to start with.

emily counters that "most of it is written in iambic pentameter for a reason".

Daniel begs to differ, "Au contraire, Emily."

emily's not about to take this lying down, since, "i spent 6 months studying with the rsc in stratford. i know what i'm talking about." (Yes, but do you know what the shift key is for, dear.)

tcrick's there to back her up, gently suggesting that, "whenever I see a passage that is prefaced by a trite romance language phrase I am immediately skeptical of any ensuing discourse as pretentious, patronizing pontification by an ill-informed or ignorant writer." (Love the alliteration!)

The OP tries to bring balance to the force peace,
pleading, "Please don't fight. It's just theatre, fer cripes!" (Stop spoiling our fun!)

And Daniel retreats faster than a Frenchman.

I realise that this doesn't have as much TMI as your usual otf post, so let me mention in passing this odd pain I've had in my side for the last week and a half. I think it might be pancreatitis.


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[info]chibikaijuu
2007-05-22 03:06 pm UTC (link)
What does it say about me that I couldn't get more than two posts into the the wank, because somebody calling Shakespeare "Old English" made me twitch too hard?

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[info]alexia75
2007-05-22 03:34 pm UTC (link)
Only good things, I think.

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[info]lemone
2007-05-22 08:44 pm UTC (link)
I have no idea what anime your icon is from, and am only moderately sure I care, but I still love it oh so much.

*runrunrunrunSMACK*

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[info]alexia75
2007-05-22 10:09 pm UTC (link)
I have absolutely no idea, but it makes me giggle.

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dracothelizard
2007-05-22 03:40 pm UTC (link)
They WHAT?

I want to beat them over the head with Beowulf, seriously.

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[info]barankhy
2007-05-22 03:44 pm UTC (link)
Look, great minds think alike :D *g*

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[info]barankhy
2007-05-22 03:43 pm UTC (link)
I don't know what it says about you, but I feel with you.

*wants to smack people with Beowulf*

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nam_jai
2007-05-22 07:09 pm UTC (link)
Next, smack 'em with Canterbury Tales, to drive home the point that Shakespeare has a whole linguistic stage between himself and Old English.

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[info]barankhy
2007-05-23 07:52 pm UTC (link)
Hee, I just had the Canterbury Tales with me on the train today. Reading the footnotes just is too much damn fun.

Also, figuring out words without the notes because they're still used in German makes me tingle.

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[info]sarracenia
2007-05-22 07:33 pm UTC (link)
Wait what.

I think I need a complete copy of Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, and Shakespeare bound into one volume so I can beat people over the head with it.

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[info]soupspooks
2007-05-23 01:02 am UTC (link)
*tacks on Piers Plowman for good luck*

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[info]rimrunner
2007-05-23 02:29 am UTC (link)
Yes, but then you'll have the problem of lifting the damn thing...

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[info]nekoneko
2007-05-23 04:14 am UTC (link)
How about my Middle English Lit textbook from last semester? That thing was a cement block in my bag.

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[info]fionnabhair
2007-05-23 07:27 pm UTC (link)
How about Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, just to add a little extra weight and make sure you really hit home?

And Troilus and Criseyde. I had to suffer through four months of that (four months) and how women are to blame for everything that goes wrong in men's lives, I see no reason why other people shouldn't be subjected to it.

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[info]rimrunner
2007-05-23 02:30 am UTC (link)
Now I'm twitching, too. Thanks SO much.

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