Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 04, 2010

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    gimmickgenius  about 14 years ago

    Much Ado About Nothing? A Comedy of Errors?

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    Steve Bartholomew  about 14 years ago

    As long as it’s not Macbeth.

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    ANQuixote  about 14 years ago

    Life commenting on Art imitating Life imitating Art.

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    dataweaver  about 14 years ago

    Yep; overeducated preppie geek. Know thyself.

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    Sandfan  about 14 years ago

    More like “As The World Turns” or any of the other insipid daytime soaps.

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    kejohns Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Romeo & Juliet didn’t end so well either.

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    waycyber  about 14 years ago

    Radish Taming of the Shrew

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    Ravenswing  about 14 years ago

    Nope, it’s just like Titus Andronicus!

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    ZorkArg  about 14 years ago

    Is it true that you’re supposed to refer to that King in Scotland as M, not M——?

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    cdward  about 14 years ago

    I was thinking she might be on her way to replacing Cathy if she’s not careful.

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    randgrithr  about 14 years ago

    Different tribes? Alex and Toggle? It works.

    Alex and Mr. Overkill? Alex and “Sir” Duke? Alex and Jim Andrews? Not so much. ;-7

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    puddleglum1066  about 14 years ago

    We’re missing something when we view “Romeo and Juliet” as a tragic romance. I think Ol’ Will Shakespeare intended it more as satire: a couple spoiled rich kids get into a teenage crush, precipitate a gang war that kills some (relatively) innocent people, and finally get what they deserve in a comically-botched fake-suicide plot.

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    lewisbower  about 14 years ago

    How come I can’t allude to Shakespeare but all my students understand when I use Law and Order?

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    Mythreesons  about 14 years ago

    ^Lewreader: I sent you a message yesterday and had hoped to reach you this morning before you posted but missed by a minute. Read it and answer if you want, but I will understand if your answer is “none of your business.” Have a good day.

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    Wildcard24365  about 14 years ago

    @puddleglum1066:

    That particular gang war had been going on for ages…

    If anything, my hope for their romance is to more closely parallel the courtship of Jessica and Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice. Of course, it breaks her daddy’s heart, but that’s what kids are supposed to do.

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    Nemesys  about 14 years ago

    Hopefully this will not turn into “Love’s Labour’s Lost”…

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    Sandfan  about 14 years ago

    @dukedoug:

    Thanks for the chuckle.

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    Dragoncat  about 14 years ago

    By the pricking of my thumbs, something worrysome this way comes…

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    cdhaley  about 14 years ago

    GT is having some fun with his semi-literate readers, including today’s posters who show off their own ignorance of Shakespeare. Only two of the titles suggested (Taming of the Shrew and Love’s Labor’s Lost) answer Alex’s silly question in the manner it deserves.

    By mindlessly naming plays that have nothing to do with “doomed love,” Alex makes it plain that the worst threat to her relationship with Toggle is her cultural snobbery. Also, her intellectual pretentiousness (a true literary “geek” would have read Troilus and Cressida).

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    pirate227  about 14 years ago

    Is it just me or Does Gram look like Meg Whitman?

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    walde  3 months ago

    This week is a rerun of the week of July 6, 2009

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