tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581099872724683650.post6330629947065325..comments2024-01-20T05:36:17.500-06:00Comments on Bardfilm: Bob Dylan, Will Shakespeare, and Measure for Measurekjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14863005904313974654noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581099872724683650.post-38510845240173770092011-02-21T19:57:47.142-06:002011-02-21T19:57:47.142-06:00Thanks, David and Richard, for your comments.
The...Thanks, David and Richard, for your comments.<br /><br />The "Seven Curses" parallels are irresistible—as is Dylan's haunting voice on that number. I'm interested to hear that others have used it as well!<br /><br />Take care!<br /><br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14863005904313974654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581099872724683650.post-46932705617085446002011-02-21T15:51:53.122-06:002011-02-21T15:51:53.122-06:00During my career I found that teenagers responded ...During my career I found that teenagers responded more enthusiastically to Measure for Measure than to any other Shakespeare play, probably owing to its major themes of political, judicial, and sexual corruption and hypocrisy. I taught it 17 times to senior high school classes. Invariably, one of the most dramatic moments of my classes on the play would occur after I had read the passage in which the Povost reads the letter from Angelo: “Whatsoever you hear to the contrary, let Claudio be executed by four of the clock” (IV.ii.122–130). At that point I asked the students to refer to the lyric sheet for “Seven Curses” that I had put on their desks before the class. I then pushed “play” on the CD player. The students were always completely silent during Dylan’s performance and responded with outrage that after satisfying their lust Angelo and the judge both renege on their promises to Isabella and Reilly’s daughter.David Allinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581099872724683650.post-14890140915067280252011-02-21T10:58:15.028-06:002011-02-21T10:58:15.028-06:00Absolutely, I would take your class.Absolutely, I would take your class.Richard Wellshttp://web.mac.com/rwellsrwells/iWeb/RW's%20Bundle%20of%20Hiss/Poetry/Poetry.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581099872724683650.post-57580716167114072192011-02-08T15:15:53.095-06:002011-02-08T15:15:53.095-06:00Perfect. The best I've ever heard. You didn&...Perfect. The best I've ever heard. You didn't miss a beat or a plotline.<br /><br />Gramma ZimmermanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581099872724683650.post-73644613427490543212011-02-07T09:07:24.371-06:002011-02-07T09:07:24.371-06:00That .... was outstanding. Bravo!That .... was outstanding. Bravo!Duane Morinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569611828708601563noreply@blogger.com