tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post8879370150667361436..comments2024-01-06T05:28:46.111-05:00Comments on Matt Paust's Crime Time : A THOUSAND TIMES MORE FAIR -- Kenji YoshinoMathew Pausthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-91376938799605009772016-09-17T18:12:46.396-04:002016-09-17T18:12:46.396-04:00Thanks, Mathew. That does look very useful. Especi...Thanks, Mathew. That does look very useful. Especially for something as complex as Hamlet.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-61983103650269859052016-09-16T14:19:36.109-04:002016-09-16T14:19:36.109-04:00This is an excellent website for interpretive help...This is an excellent website for interpretive help with Shakespeare's plays. This one's for Hamlet: <b><i><a href="http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/hamlet/hamletresources.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/hamlet/hamletresources.html</a></i></b> Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-33599774338289388752016-09-16T13:58:52.895-04:002016-09-16T13:58:52.895-04:00We only stopped at a quarter because our old DVD g...We only stopped at a quarter because our old DVD gave out. My goal is to read the play first, then find another copy to watch, when I can grasp more of it.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-5087605006686130012016-09-16T13:56:18.716-04:002016-09-16T13:56:18.716-04:00I've always had the same problem, Tracy, with ...I've always had the same problem, Tracy, with the language and the Elizabethan idioms meanings. One of the beauties of Yoshino's book is that he explains what each play is about and precisely what each quotation means. I think you would enjoy it and find it useful. As to performances, I have the same trouble, altho a good actor can convey more with nuanced delivery and body language than we get just reading the plays. I understand Branagh's Hamlet is superb, but I've not seen it. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-22474424573120789902016-09-16T13:22:31.858-04:002016-09-16T13:22:31.858-04:00Very interesting, Mathew. I have a hard time under...Very interesting, Mathew. I have a hard time understanding Shakespeare's plays (and / or movies based on them) but my husband and son love them so I get some exposure. I do have a goal to read some plays by Shakespeare. I am starting with Much Ado About Nothing, which I think will be easier than something like Hamlet. But having just seen the first quarter of Branagh's Hamlet, I realize that reading that play would be very useful.<br /><br />But to get back to this book. I think I would enjoy it, if it is not over my head.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-88126098989233350422016-09-16T10:24:57.011-04:002016-09-16T10:24:57.011-04:00It is that, Barry. I was surprised to see how Garr...It is that, Barry. I was surprised to see how Garry Wills panned it in the NYT when it came out. He completely (and it's apparent to me, deliberately) misrepresented what Yoshino had done. Then I noticed under the review that Wills's own book on Shakespeare was due out soon. Honor still only among thieves, I guess. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-87687002021957417762016-09-16T09:47:23.295-04:002016-09-16T09:47:23.295-04:00Sounds like a fascinating book, Mathew. Sounds like a fascinating book, Mathew. Barry Erganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04305184548497082776noreply@blogger.com