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The first staging I ever saw

Andrew Dimock — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:49:28 +0000

The first staging I ever saw of JC, way back in 1990 at the theater in Providence, RI, was on a field trip with my 10th graders. Caesar was played by an actor cast, costumed, and accented to be a dead ringer for LBJ. Which created a strange dissonance for me, because Johnson rose to the Presidency after Kennedy's assassination.

Loved this, Doc. Sorry I

Michael Maiello — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:14:55 +0000

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Loved this, Doc. Sorry I didn't see it yesterday. The "modern dress" Shakespeare point is amazing. As you say, people have been contemporizing the tales of Shakespeare since... the time of Shakespeare.

Another point I'd add -- freaking Delta Airlines advertises on Fox News and was specifically an advertiser on Bill O'Reilly. There's a definite double standard here. Philanthropy gets pulled when some right wingers who can't be bothered to see that a production of Julius Caesar that Trumps up the Caesar is actually a call against violent action against Trump, but Delta openly advertises with programs where anyone left of center is treated with total disgust and... okay, it's fine.

This is something new. Thank

Richard Day — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 01:24:05 +0000

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This is something new. Thank you. You even gave me links. I never heard of this but I was just thinking over the weekend that it is time.

We had the red headed comedian holding a bloody head that did not go over real well.

I do predict this however.

If Trump dies of a heart attack or aspirates his own vomit or whatever...

Tens of millions will assume a conspiracy.

Metaphorically of course, the House repub members might give him the shank if he fires Mueller for instance.

Fifty repubs and all the dems would certainly send a message to the Senate.

ETTU BRUTO

Thanks for the kind words,

Doctor Cleveland — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 01:24:01 +0000

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Thanks for the kind words, gang. For those who read the comments, a bit of weird Julius Caesar trivia that I learned just last Friday at work.

The actual Julius Caesar was also a playwright. He wrote a tragedy, and some other poems. Only fragments of his poems survive in quotations by other people.

Where did Julius Caesar's play and poetry go? They were suppressed for censorship reasons, by his own nephew. When Octavius Caesar became the Emperor Augustus, he had Uncle Julius officially made into a god. And having the Divine Julius's old amateur poetry floating around was considered beneath his divine dignity.