<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post112422276385471369..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>35</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112502198733244324</id><published>2005-08-25T22:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T22:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sometimes I feel boxed in by Shakespeare. I’ve rea...</title><summary type='text'>Sometimes I feel boxed in by Shakespeare. I’ve read it all, most of it more than once, some of it to the point where given enough time I could reconstruct the whole play.  I liked Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet a few years ago. A friend Carter Burwell did the music of Ethan Hawke’s Hamlet, set in contemporary New York. In any case, my antidote for too much Shakespeare has lately been Christopher </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112502198733244324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112502198733244324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1125021960000#c112502198733244324' title=''/><author><name>Michael Andre</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14980886148410840663</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-621938716"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112483978688424169</id><published>2005-08-23T19:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-23T19:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I had to delete that last post. Way too many typos...</title><summary type='text'>I had to delete that last post. Way too many typos. Let&#39;s try again...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wasn&#39;t a big fan of Luhrmann&#39;s Romeo &amp; Juliet...mainly because I thougth Claire Daines was terrible. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My favorite adaptation is Julie Taymor&#39;s little seen Titus with Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange. Brilliant stuff.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112483978688424169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112483978688424169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124839740000#c112483978688424169' title=''/><author><name>Collin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1318193204"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112483952597051385</id><published>2005-08-23T19:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-23T19:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112483952597051385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112483952597051385'/><author><name>Collin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1318193204"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112468428736533560</id><published>2005-08-22T00:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-22T00:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>If you haven&#39;t seen it yet, check out Roman Polans...</title><summary type='text'>If you haven&#39;t seen it yet, check out Roman Polanski&#39;s Macbeth, which is stunning &amp; brutal.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112468428736533560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112468428736533560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124684280000#c112468428736533560' title=''/><author><name>Tony Tost</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15765857872778493229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599768463"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112447622319876599</id><published>2005-08-19T14:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-19T14:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, and here&#39;s the OED entry: Falconry. To accusto...</title><summary type='text'>Oh, and here&#39;s the OED entry:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt; Falconry. To accustom (a hawk, occas. other birds) to the presence of men. Hence (transf. and gen.) to make tame or tractable.&lt;BR/&gt;   [The spelling mained in quot. 1632, if not a mere misprint, seems intended to suggest derivation from F. main hand.]&lt;BR/&gt;   1575 Turberv. Faulconrie 79 To the ende your hawke may be the better manned and the sooner reclaimed.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112447622319876599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112447622319876599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124476200000#c112447622319876599' title=''/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112447583715368823</id><published>2005-08-19T14:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-19T14:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It is an interesting book..Lucklily the appendices...</title><summary type='text'>It is an interesting book..&lt;BR/&gt;Lucklily the appendices are page referenced.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The line from Sh. is:&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Hood my unmann&#39;d blood, bating in my cheeks.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Harting:&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;And to those not conversant with the terms employed in falconry, this line would be unintelligible.&lt;BR/&gt;An &quot;unmann&#39;d&quot; hawk was one not sufficiently reclaimed to be familiar with her keeper, and such birds generally &quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112447583715368823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112447583715368823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124475780000#c112447583715368823' title=''/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112446943762854579</id><published>2005-08-19T12:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-19T12:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lanny,At the risk of seeming like (more of) an idi...</title><summary type='text'>Lanny,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;At the risk of seeming like (more of) an idiot, how does Unmann&#39;d fit in that list?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112446943762854579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112446943762854579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124469420000#c112446943762854579' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112446709875482560</id><published>2005-08-19T11:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-19T11:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In the Ornithology of Shakespeareby James Edmund H...</title><summary type='text'>In the Ornithology of Shakespeare&lt;BR/&gt;by James Edmund Harting, for R&amp;J&lt;BR/&gt;it lists the bird references thus (sans Act and scene #&#39;s)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Swan&lt;BR/&gt;Crow&lt;BR/&gt;Dove-house&lt;BR/&gt;Crow-keeper&lt;BR/&gt;Soar&lt;BR/&gt;Pitch&lt;BR/&gt;Cock-a-hoop&lt;BR/&gt;Dove&lt;BR/&gt;Crows&lt;BR/&gt;Falconer&lt;BR/&gt;Lure&lt;BR/&gt;Tassel-gentle&lt;BR/&gt;Goose&lt;BR/&gt;Dove&lt;BR/&gt;Hood&lt;BR/&gt;Unmann&#39;d&lt;BR/&gt;Bating&lt;BR/&gt;Raven&lt;BR/&gt;Mew&#39;d Up&lt;BR/&gt;Nightingale&lt;BR/&gt;Lark&lt;BR/&gt;Eagle&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112446709875482560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112446709875482560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124467080000#c112446709875482560' title=''/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112446188549986727</id><published>2005-08-19T10:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-19T10:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>One thing I always remember about Luhrmann&#39;s R&amp;J i...</title><summary type='text'>One thing I always remember about Luhrmann&#39;s R&amp;J is that he has Romeo see Juliet wake up from her drug-induced coma before he dies. Seeing that, I thought to myself, &quot;Of course!&quot; but I can&#39;t recall a similar scene in any other films or performances of the play.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112446188549986727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112446188549986727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124461860000#c112446188549986727' title=''/><author><name>joshuatrees3</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04159137314132522702</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-684436123"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112445446509618287</id><published>2005-08-19T08:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-19T08:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I too loved Luhrmann’s Romeo &amp; Juliet, even though...</title><summary type='text'>I too loved Luhrmann’s Romeo &amp; Juliet, even though it was far from &quot;the original intent.&quot; But I saw Luhrmann’s La Boheme on Broadway. The voices were too thin. Maybe I’ve been spoiled by the Met, but it just didn’t make it. Could Caprio be a great actor?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112445446509618287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112445446509618287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124454420000#c112445446509618287' title=''/><author><name>Michael Andre</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14980886148410840663</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-621938716"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112445288723749340</id><published>2005-08-19T08:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-19T08:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you, Ron.  I gave you shit about reviewing B...</title><summary type='text'>Thank you, Ron.  I gave you shit about reviewing Batman Begins (as I thought of it as in the vein of the other Batman movies- trashy Hollywood plunk- I still can&#39;t regard the new Batman as otherwise but will watch it with an open mind when I get around to seeing it), but your tackling of what some would regard as an easily deridable (Derridable?) movie is akin to how I address the film:  One is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112445288723749340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112445288723749340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124452860000#c112445288723749340' title=''/><author><name>artoolemomo</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05079474470215090896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1881446695"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112443605540217278</id><published>2005-08-19T03:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-19T03:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby,Yes--on the Lacanian path, its subsequent ra...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yes--on the Lacanian path, its subsequent rattle (resonance) of ideas, this would need to make its mark.  If anyone you advise happens to go there, I would be very glad to read whatever they write.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Not to be an asshole or anything, and not to imply that you or anyone else here might be implicated differently as such--but I was/am plainly glad to hear this productive </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112443605540217278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112443605540217278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124436000000#c112443605540217278' title=''/><author><name>chris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01592499983757806803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1042713148"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112441883197549006</id><published>2005-08-18T22:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T22:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And once again I&#39;ve removed an ad (for internet se...</title><summary type='text'>And once again I&#39;ve removed an ad (for internet services) from these comments.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112441883197549006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112441883197549006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124418780000#c112441883197549006' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112441788911353569</id><published>2005-08-18T22:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T22:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Problems of twin parenting: Jesse &amp; Colin both inf...</title><summary type='text'>Problems of twin parenting: Jesse &amp; Colin both inform me that it was Jesse who made the comment re the post office. Corrected now.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112441788911353569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112441788911353569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124417880000#c112441788911353569' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112441221578503739</id><published>2005-08-18T20:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T20:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, Chris.  I have about 20 projects along tho...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks, Chris.  I have about 20 projects along those lines and have decided to stick with humor.  The Shakespeare project would require a two-year sabbatical and ten hours a day.  I think instead I might work on a book about the evolution of women&#39;s humor history since the nadir of the 1960s.  I&#39;m particularly interested in writers like Kyger, Moore, Yoko Ono.  I have good drafts of those three </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112441221578503739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112441221578503739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124412180000#c112441221578503739' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112440837099808289</id><published>2005-08-18T19:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T19:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby,Your idea to once again look into the histor...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Your idea to once again look into the historical connections of Elizabethan mail delivery and the various ways it is represented in Shakespeare&#39;s plays seems to me smart, worth your while, a valuable project.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Chris Murray</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112440837099808289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112440837099808289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124408340000#c112440837099808289' title=''/><author><name>chris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01592499983757806803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1042713148"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112440818372007249</id><published>2005-08-18T19:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T19:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, That&#39;s some useful insight there regarding th...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That&#39;s some useful insight there regarding the Althusser dyadic distinction between ISAs and RSAs.  It plays out well in this crossover between times/places, Shakespeare&#39;s place/time, and this film. And as for relations between characters, there is much to reconsider there, too (as you point to when noting the emphasis on the nurse and friar as more than foils, as having </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112440818372007249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112440818372007249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124408160000#c112440818372007249' title=''/><author><name>chris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01592499983757806803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1042713148"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112440615259766510</id><published>2005-08-18T19:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T19:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Romeo and Juliet is a play with very few of the b...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Romeo and Juliet is a play with very few of the brilliant rhetorical flourishes and creative verbal jousts that we expect of Shakespeare.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Oh?  Poor Mercutio!  Prince of Cats!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112440615259766510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112440615259766510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124406120000#c112440615259766510' title=''/><author><name>Lon Silliman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05557544995428892686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112440427218131743</id><published>2005-08-18T18:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T18:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Baz Luhrmann is one of the few contemporary cinema...</title><summary type='text'>Baz Luhrmann is one of the few contemporary cinematic visionaries.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112440427218131743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112440427218131743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124404260000#c112440427218131743' title=''/><author><name>Charles</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05222297450888695352</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-66319467"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112439727995633299</id><published>2005-08-18T16:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T16:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think Leonardo di Caprio did a good job in anoth...</title><summary type='text'>I think Leonardo di Caprio did a good job in another film released in 1996 entitled Marvin&#39;s Room.  I&#39;ve seen it twice.  It stars Diane Keaton.  It&#39;s set in Florida and Caprio understates all of his lines.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The two best Shakespeare films I&#39;ve seen were Orson Welles&#39; terribly troubled version of Henry IV -- Chimes at Midnight -- and a very odd Finnish movie by Aki Kaurismaki entitled </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112439727995633299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112439727995633299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124397240000#c112439727995633299' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112439509038017054</id><published>2005-08-18T15:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T15:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Personally, I think that the contemporary actors w...</title><summary type='text'>Personally, I think that the contemporary actors who are at least trying to get into the stage arts, are in some way conceeding the lack of depth and quality in their multi-million dollar block  busters.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I don&#39;t think there is anything wrong with their interpretations, I just think in general, they need stage coaching and more experience truly engaging the characters in depth, rather </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112439509038017054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112439509038017054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124395080000#c112439509038017054' title=''/><author><name>Sherri</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05979344140818145952</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2078941739"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112439177249013238</id><published>2005-08-18T15:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T15:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I looked it up another way and it seems the film y...</title><summary type='text'>I looked it up another way and it seems the film you describe is the one I saw.  Your film was released in 1996, and I am almost certain I saw it that year.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So there are no two films to compare.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112439177249013238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112439177249013238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124391720000#c112439177249013238' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112439123057366238</id><published>2005-08-18T14:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T14:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Maybe I conflated them.  There are so many facts t...</title><summary type='text'>Maybe I conflated them.  There are so many facts to keep together. I&#39;m still working on when Marx knew about Bachofen for instance.  As I think of it now, it may not have been Bachofen that inspired the paragraphs on communal possession of wives in The Communist Manifesto, but Fourier.  I&#39;ve ordered a dozen books to try to track this whole mess down.  Another bizarre diversion from what I really </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112439123057366238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112439123057366238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124391180000#c112439123057366238' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112439004790876929</id><published>2005-08-18T14:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T14:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve seen a production of Merchant of Venice done ...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve seen a production of &lt;I&gt;Merchant of Venice&lt;/I&gt; done in the mode of &lt;I&gt;Juliet of the Spirits&lt;/I&gt;. ACT in San Francisco did it circa 1970 (this was before Marjorie Perloff&#39;s daughter became the head of that organization).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112439004790876929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112439004790876929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124390040000#c112439004790876929' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112438766776571372</id><published>2005-08-18T13:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T13:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Romeo and Juliet is a play with very few of the br...</title><summary type='text'>Romeo and Juliet is a play with very few of the brilliant rhetorical flourishes and creative verbal jousts that we expect of Shakespeare.  It&#39;s a soap, a very good vehicle for mainstreaming Shakespeare, but a real dog when compared to about 15-20 of the other plays where his very strange genius roams without a leash.  For this reason, I think Luhrmann&#39;s adaptation is particularly well-suited and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112438766776571372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112422276385471369/comments/default/112438766776571372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html?showComment=1124387640000#c112438766776571372' title=''/><author><name>Jeff Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06258634301850536609</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/08/wherefore-art-thou-romeo-has-shown-no.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112422276385471369' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112422276385471369' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1339866371"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2005"/></entry></feed>