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You lose the Art. The purpose of old art is to
experience the artifact as living history. The predictability of the
Art is what constitutes not Master Art but Entertainment i.e.
relaxation. The struggle with the old language actually
removes predictability in the way that it would have been in Shakespeare's day
and puts it into the realm of non-predictability. In such an
instance Shakespeare actually resembles the problems that the public encounters
with modern art which also is non-predictable as a tool for exploration of the
present. Old Art that has become predictable like all of those
Beethoven Symphonies, can only serve the purpose of re-affirming one's cultural
identity and the enjoyment of Entertainment. Study of
Old Art can return the Art or non-predictibility for a time but because it is an
art-i-fact, already known, the exploration is more historical than
Artistic. Enjoyment is an element of the balance of
predictability with surprise. Boredom signals learning and the need
to move on.
REH
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Or
would translating into "modern language" remove much of the magic of
Shakespeare, much like translating Catholic mass from latin to english or
moving the Hebrew prayers into english. Seems to make it too accessible,
too plain. Maybe too transparent.
arthur
Harry,
We had Shakespeare
rammed down our throats so much at school I began to hate most of it --
except "Merchant of Venice" and "The Taming of the Shrew"*. It's only
later in life that I appreciated just what a genius he was.
It's
scandalous to say this, but for the sake of thousands of schoolchildren I
think someone should translate Shakespeare into modern language -- m'mmm
.... that's probably impossible unless another genius could be
found.
*Is it politically correct these days to confess
this?
Keith
At 10:55 15/12/2003 -0800, you
wrote:
Keith,
I had the
same problem with King Lear.
When Kent preposterously says: I cannot
conceive you.I knew I wouldnt like it and never read, or watched, or
listened to, Lear again. Anyone who uses conceive like that is obviously
illiterate or being clever. Perhaps hes indulging himself in a latest
fad.
It certainly filled me with the wish never to see it
again.
Harry
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Subject: Survivor
Harry,
<<<<<
Keith,
What is
it you don't like about Survivor?
For that matter, Ed, what is it you
don't like?
Harry
>>>>>>>
I've little idea now
what it is I don't like about Survivor because I can't remember it. All I
can remember about it is that, during the few minutes I watched it, it
filled me with the wish never to see it
again.
Keith
Keith Hudson, Bath, England,
<www.evolutionary-economics.org>
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