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Shakespeare made theatre too ‘white, male and cisgender’, tax-payer funded study finds
Posted on 3/23/24 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 3/23/24 at 2:44 pm
The Brits spent over 1 million taxpayer dollars to once again call themselves racists.
the telegraph
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The “disproportionate representation” of William Shakespeare in the theatre has propagated “white, able-bodied, heterosexual, cisgender male narratives”, according to researchers in an £800,000 taxpayer-funded project.
The project, devoted to “centring marginalised communities in the contemporary performance of early modern plays”, is due to be completed in two years’ time.
The researchers want to challenge the “normative trend” in “classical theatre” arising from “the disproportionate representation of William Shakespeare in scholarship and performance”.
the telegraph
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This post was edited on 3/23/24 at 2:57 pm
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Posted on 3/23/24 at 2:47 pm to L.A.
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The “disproportionate representation” of William Shakespeare in the theatre has propagated “white, able-bodied, heterosexual, cisgender male narratives”, according to researchers in an £800,000 taxpayer-funded project.
Yes... let's make Juliet a transgendered Half black/half oriental character with a lisp and put Romeo in a wheelchair and give him full on non verbal autism. That should even things out a bit.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 2:49 pm to L.A.
Does the study realize that their report is sexist? Shakespeare was not a man. He was a group of women authors according to a report from back in the 90s.
They explained that women couldn't get jobs writing plays so they used the fake name Wm. Shakespeare to publish their stuff.
They explained that women couldn't get jobs writing plays so they used the fake name Wm. Shakespeare to publish their stuff.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 2:52 pm to Zach
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Shakespeare was not a man. He was a group of women authors according to a report from back in the 90s.
They explained that women couldn't get jobs writing plays so they used the fake name Wm. Shakespeare to publish their stuff.
Well, why didn't they make any of their characters trans, non-able bodied, neuroatypical or otherwise more representative of the marginalized communities? They where noting more than a bunch of bigoted, racist transphobes is why.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 2:54 pm to L.A.
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disproportionate representation of William Shakespeare
That's like saying Issac Newton and Albert Einstein are "disproportionately represented in physics."
Uh, yeah, because they were the best by far.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 2:58 pm to MemphisGuy
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Yes... let's make Juliet a transgendered Half black/half oriental character with a lisp and put Romeo in a wheelchair and give him full on non verbal autism. That should even things out a bit.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 3:02 pm to L.A.
Well considering he had cross dressers play women in his plays, I’d say this study is flawed.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 3:03 pm to AUstar
They may not be trying to "replace us" but they sure as hell are making preparations for when we are "replaced."
Posted on 3/23/24 at 3:03 pm to L.A.
Me thinks thou protests too much.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 3:04 pm to Zach
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according to a report from back in the 90s.
They also used to say Shakespeare and many other historical figures were gay. I guess they were looking for outrage and an argument but people just shrugged and said “whatever - he wrote great plays.”
Than as now, the vast majority of people are accepting. It’s the vocal minority like the browbeating, angry authors of this study who are closed-minded and cannot accept diversity.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 3:05 pm to olddawginCa
I love the one British guy quoted who was having none of it:
That chap must post here.
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In Shakespeare’s day, half the European population was white and male. They didn’t have rainbow flags. Being disabled like Richard III was a matter of character rather than politics, and luckily for them no one had ever coined the linguistic abomination ‘cisgender’.
Still germane because his themes are timeless, Shakespeare will survive even this dogmatic mangling, and his plays will continue to be enjoyed long after today’s ‘intersectional’ performances have foreshortened into a freakish comical footnote in theatrical history.”
That chap must post here.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 3:10 pm to BobABooey
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They also used to say Shakespeare and many other historical figures were gay. I guess they were looking for outrage and an argument but people just shrugged and said “whatever - he wrote great plays.”
The funniest thing about saying he wasn't an actual guy is that we still have the class roster of where he went to school. It has his name and it's in a museum.
I guess when roll was taken the teacher said:
"Billy Shakespeare?" and then 4 girls raised their hands and said 'Here!'
Posted on 3/23/24 at 3:13 pm to AUstar
And Richard lll wasn't "disabled" until Tudor historians did a posthumous hatchet job on him.
This post was edited on 3/23/24 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 3/23/24 at 3:18 pm to L.A.
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The “disproportionate representation” of William Shakespeare in the theatre has propagated “white, able-bodied, heterosexual, cisgender male narratives”, according to researchers in an £800,000 taxpayer-funded project. The project, devoted to “centring marginalised communities in the contemporary performance of early modern plays”, is due to be completed in two years’ time.
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