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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:15 PM Original message |
School halts 'Shakespeare (Abridged)' |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah -- let's call it a "ding-a-ling" -- what a joke!!! |
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thetaoofterri (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Nope. It's not called a "ding-a-ling" |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. How about "one-eyed trouser snake"? |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh let's all pray to the invisible one in the sky that he spare our children from any form |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because, y'know Shakespeare uses too many big words |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Shakespeare is adult entertainment, written & performed by and for adults. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Smart HSers would get it so would a handful of Junior HSers |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Don't sell the kids short either. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. It would have to be presented in such a manner to be accepted by most |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Every year from seventh until Senior in High School... |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. I never thought I'd see the day |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Welcome to the Dumbing Down of America |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. This sounds like "The Reduced Shakespeare Company" |
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thetaoofterri (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Or Shakespeare Lite |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Yes! I loved those performances at Blackpoint! |
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Marthe48 (473 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Reduced Shakespeare performed at WVU-P |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
46. "boobs on a string" -- that's just classic! |
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Marthe48 (473 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. and you should have seen the actors |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. you did a wonderful job of describing it ... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. That's what it is, all right. |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Only in Amerika |
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Sam Ervin jret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. EXCELLENT!! Nothing gets kids MORE interested in something than to be told they should NOT SEE IT!!! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. I hope you are right. I thought the same thing, I loved the idea too. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. No, not only in America |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Where's Waldo ??? I would think that even IDAHO would have |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. here is the link to the ALA's banned books week events (this week, actually |
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minerva50 (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. Reminds me of my High School days |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. American Taliban strikes again |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. I've been watching Shakespaeare since the fifth grade - at least! |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. I've seen the show. It's excellent. Hilarious - just great!! |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. Heavens forefend! |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Well, duh |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
22. I saw this show in London |
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WarhammerTwo (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. Obviously... |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. Shit like this is why we're the laughing stock of the world |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. WHAT? then WHY did I study the bard all through junior and senior high? why did our |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. is this person NOT familiar with the works of the bard? |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:37 PM Original message |
Maybe the section on Julius Caesar would give them ideas. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. Sure.. Everyone knows that "sixth- through 12th-grade" boys |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I thought the army issued them |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. The RW taliban strikes again |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
34. my daughter's 5th grade class performed some Shakespeare pieces at school last year |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
35. for those who would like to present a direct comment to tara |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
39. Shakespeare didn't use the word, "penis." |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. "Pricked out for women's pleasure" |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 04:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. You might like Frankie Rubenstein's |
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noshenanigans (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
41. Save the kids from the classics! |
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Charlie Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
43. Was it really proper to "stop the play" at a performing arts center at which the school was a guest? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I wondered the same thing. But I guess these Taliban Teachers |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Stopping the play might teach them that Shakespeare is bad. |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
50. Higley - Figures. Bunch of Uptight Mormons |
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Josh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
51. Are you fucking kidding me? That show is HILARIOUS! |
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