From the monthly archives: May 2011

People Being Stupid About Shakespeare I

By On 29/05/2011 · 2 Comments

This is the first post in what will doubtless be a dismayingly long series of occasional rants.

Via Grace Ioppolo on Twitter, here’s Simon Schama in The Observer:

“Shakespeare is in the unique position of speaking universally while not losing any of the intensity of the language of where he comes from,” said [...]

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A Tale of Two Plays

By On 29/05/2011 · 1 Comment

Last week, I saw two performances in London. One was the kind of show I tend to love and generally want to see much more of at home in Toronto: a contemporary staging of an old play (Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for Scandal); the other was the kind of show I tend to [...]

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Meme Mashup: David Brooks

By On 16/05/2011 · Leave a Comment

Responding to Joshua Green’s challenge (thanks, Sarah Werner!), here are my humble contributions to this new emerging meme:

Breaking news.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He so excited, he so excited!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Brooks [...]

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Bad Pictograms I

By On 14/05/2011 · 3 Comments

Pictograms are fascinating images. Their purpose is to communicate as much as possible with the greatest economy of expression; they are designed to achieve both maximum comprehension and inclusivity.

Some pictograms are gender-specific – we all know this one:

The Replacements might lament the abidingly binary sartorial signifiers - either outdated or always-already 

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