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user-inactivated  ·  3150 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Any Shakespeare Lovers on Hubski: King Lear or What's Love Got to Do with It?

It's weird. I'm really into languages, art, alternative forms of communication, literature through the ages. But anytime I've tried to view something spoken in Shakespearean language (Shakespeare in the Park, Leonardo DiCaprio's Romeo & Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing)... my mind simply can't grok/parse it. Same thing with opera performances. It's like some type of cognitive dissonance goes on that prevents me from appreciating, understanding or enjoying. Still can't figure out why. Reading Shakespeare, though, I'm fine, the guy's an absolute genius wordsmith.