everydayshakespeare
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- Michelle Ephraim is Associate Professor of English at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Along with fellow Shakespearean Caroline Bicks (Boston College) she writes a humor blog called Everyday Shakespeare. It's delivered fresh Monday-Friday at www.everydayshakespeare.com.
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I don’t know how many Oscar ceremonies I’ve seen, but this year’s was the first that made me feel something other than fat and unfashionable.
I’m talking about that lengthy, complex tribute to director John Hughes, the mastermind behind Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club… Read full post »
When Professors Kill: A Crazy Academic is also a Crazy Mom
“Is she so hot a shrew as she's
reported?”—The Taming of the Shrew, 4.1.18
It’s hard to be a shrew and still get tenure. I did it. But
as we all know, Amy Bishop did not. Reading The New York
Times front page story on Bishop yesterday, I was struck at
the… Read full post »
Curling: What Would Shakespeare Do?
Many famous scholars trace the sport of curling back to the Dutch artist Pieter Breugel’s 1565 painting of people playing with stones on an icy pond. The Hunters in the Snow is just what it suggests: hunters and their dogs returning to their snow-covered village. In the distance,… Read full post »
Valentine's Quiz: What Kind of Shakespearean Lover are YOU?
I met R. in Israel during the summer of 1998. I was doing research for my dissertation; she was studying Hebrew just for fun. From there, she planned to go to Bali.
We became fast friends. Because of her I actually left my computer to travel around Israel. I followed… Read full post »
Will Macbeth Be a Good Video Game?
WILL MACBETH BE A GOOD VIDEO GAME?
Dagger Hero? Grand Theft Scotto?
Yesterday Eurogamer reported that high-power studio Visceral Games ("Dante's Inferno") might give Macbeth a whirl (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/dantes-dev-to-follow-up-with-macbeth).
It was only two months ago th
… Read full post »Hail Andy Murray, King of Groundstrokes!
HAIL ANDY MURRAY, KING OF GROUNDSTROKES!
By King Macbeth, Special Correspondent for the Dunsinane Times
Scottish fans are on the edge of their seats at this year’s
Australian Open. Why? Because our own Andy Murray is The Man! I had
the pleasure of watching him un-man the so-called… Read full post »
The Ayla Effect: What King Lear Tells Us
The Ayla Effect: What King Lear tells us about fathers and daughters
At this point, we all know the numerous reasons why Martha Coakley lost the Massachusetts Senate race. We also know that Scott Brown’s daughter Ayla was a semi-finalist on American Idol Season Five. What’s the connection… Read full post »
Sarah Palin and the Bard?
Did you know that Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue is Shakespearean? You didn’t??! Well, read on!
In an op-ed entitled "Palin and the Bard" published several weeks ago in the conservative journal American Thinker, Joseph Hatch compares the “liberal elite” who snub Sarah Palin and her… Read full post »
Going Brogue
I'm really excited about my new film pitch. Let me know what you think.
"GOING BROGUE"
Tag Line: "When Shakespeare and Sarah Palin meet . . . someone's going to get kilt!"
The Story:
It's 2012 and presidential hopeful Sarah Palin is hot on the campaign trail. One… Read full post »
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