Uncle Bill Shakespeare...Alive and Well!

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"Failing to recognize our love of salt can be our undoing. It is as true in literature as it is in life. In the opening scene of Shakespeare’s King Lear, the aged king asks his three daughters to quantify their love for him. The older daughters, Goneril and Regan, who ultimately will betray their father, flatter him with hyperbole."

"The youngest daughter, Cordelia, who truly loves him declines to answer, thinking it a silly question. When Lear insists upon a response she offers a curious reply, “I love you…as fresh meat loves salt.” Taking affront, he casts her out and divides his kingdom between his two daughters. Bad choice as it turns out."

"Later in the play, Lear comes to understand that meat does love salt; rather people love meat only if it is salted. He also comes to learn that false praise is hollow and is ultimately reunited with the virtuous but ill-fated, Cordelia. Shakespeare did not discover salt’s importance; he merely enshrined it in literature."
 
Meanderer said:
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"Failing to recognize our love of salt can be our undoing. It is as true in literature as it is in life. In the opening scene of Shakespeare’s King Lear, the aged king asks his three daughters to quantify their love for him. The older daughters, Goneril and Regan, who ultimately will betray their father, flatter him with hyperbole."

"The youngest daughter, Cordelia, who truly loves him declines to answer, thinking it a silly question. When Lear insists upon a response she offers a curious reply, “I love you…as fresh meat loves salt.” Taking affront, he casts her out and divides his kingdom between his two daughters. Bad choice as it turns out."

"Later in the play, Lear comes to understand that meat does love salt; rather people love meat only if it is salted. He also comes to learn that false praise is hollow and is ultimately reunited with the virtuous but ill-fated, Cordelia. Shakespeare did not discover salt’s importance; he merely enshrined it in literature."
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I like salt. This is my favorite....
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Columbo v. Macbeth

“Dagger of the Mind.” By Jackson Gillis. Perf. Peter Falk, Richard Basehart, John Williams, Honor Blackman, Bernard Fox, Arthur Malet, and Wilfrid Hyde-White. Dir. Richard Quine. Columbo. Season 2, episode 4. NBC. 26 November 1972. DVD. Universal, 2005.

"Dagger of the Mind" | Columbo: Season 2 Ep. 4 Review​


"Some time ago, a student mentioned an episode of Columbo that was heavily-indebted to Macbeth. I stored that knowledge away until I could track down the episode, investigate it, and contemplate its relation to Shakespeare. Only recently did I manage to do so." (Continue)
 
"Shakespeare in heat" likely refers to either Shakespeare's play "Cymbeline," specifically the song "Fear no more the heat o' the sun," or the challenges of performing Shakespeare outdoors in hot weather. According to several theatre websites} The song, often associated with death and mourning, is sung in "Cymbeline".

“Fear no more the heat o’ the sun” - by William Shakespeare. Read by Helena Bonham Carter.
 
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I have to tell you, I am a loyal Stephen King fan. I have several of his books. These are only the novels and with this book, he used the pseudonym Richard Bachman because he wanted to find out if people were buying his books because of his name or his writing ability.

My favorite book was “Thinner.” Favorite movie or screenplay was “The Shawshank Redemption.” There are a few close seconds in both categories.
 

A Shakespearean Thanksgiving​

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"Since most Americans are relaxing at home today, I thought I would shift gears a bit and share a little humor with you. For several years now, I’ve been collecting quotes from the works of William Shakespeare that amuse me to misconstrue as being applicable to Thanksgiving. Here’s the full collection":

"Shakespeare’s militant vegetarian complaining about the other guests eating turkey for Thanksgiving":

"“Why dost thou converse with that trunk of humours, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag of guts, that roasted Manningtree ox with the pudding in his belly, that reverend vice, that grey iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years?” (Henry IV, Part I, II.iv)" (MORE)
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Been There said:
I have to tell you, I am a loyal Stephen King fan. I have several of his books. These are only the novels and with this book, he used the pseudonym Richard Bachman because he wanted to find out if people were buying his books because of his name or his writing ability.

My favorite book was “Thinner.” Favorite movie or screenplay was “The Shawshank Redemption.” There are a few close seconds in both categories.
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They did a pretty good job with, The Green Mile too.
 
Meanderer said:
iu

"Failing to recognize our love of salt can be our undoing. It is as true in literature as it is in life. In the opening scene of Shakespeare’s King Lear, the aged king asks his three daughters to quantify their love for him. The older daughters, Goneril and Regan, who ultimately will betray their father, flatter him with hyperbole."

"The youngest daughter, Cordelia, who truly loves him declines to answer, thinking it a silly question. When Lear insists upon a response she offers a curious reply, “I love you…as fresh meat loves salt.” Taking affront, he casts her out and divides his kingdom between his two daughters. Bad choice as it turns out."

"Later in the play, Lear comes to understand that meat does love salt; rather people love meat only if it is salted. He also comes to learn that false praise is hollow and is ultimately reunited with the virtuous but ill-fated, Cordelia. Shakespeare did not discover salt’s importance; he merely enshrined it in literature."
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Are you familiar with Christopher Moore's book, Fool? It is a very well done comedy (well narrated for audio) that incorporates elements of King Lear and Macbeth, two of my favorite plays.

Also, Macbeth: A Novel By A. J. Hartley and David Hewson, is an excellent retelling and fleshing-out of Macbeth.
 
"Shakespeare, kick in the rear." Anybody remember that from grade school?
 

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