Ten Unpopular Opinions

I’m sorry that I almost missed Cesario’s blog post entitled “Ten Unpopular Opinions : The Shakespeare Edition.”  She posted it a few days ago and I am very behind.  The list is funny — Titus Andronicus as a farce that should be played like a Monty Python skit?  “Claudio and Hero — so doomed.”    But it also shows a deep understanding of Shakespeare, making leaps that many people would not dare make because they’re simply not the common thinking (hence unpopular opinions, I suppose).  “The Macbeths have the best marriage in all Shakespeare.”  “Shylock is not the hero of Merchant of Venice.”  “Lear’s Fool is a subject relative experienced only by Lear himself.”  I mean, you can pick any of them and have discussion all night long.  Great stuff.