Like all of you, I'm interested in Holden Caulfield's opinions on Shakespeare. Re-reading the novel recently, I discovered that he actually had some (I had missed it before).
There are two sequences in Catcher in the Rye where Mr. Caulfield talks about Shakespeare.
In the first, he finds himself in the company of a couple of nuns, and he strikes up a conversation with them that eventually leads to a discussion of Romeo and Juliet.
Content Advisory: Holden Caulfield's language isn't always devoid of unsavory language.
In the next Shakespeare-related sequence, Mr. Caulfield offers us some film criticism. Specifically, he's critical of Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (the only film of a Shakespeare play to win an Academy Award for Best Picture, no less).
I wonder what Holden Caulfield would think about Branagh's version . . . .
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