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A disgusting New York City play depicting the president brutally assassinated, begins a Fox News segment apparently seeking to stoke the outrage out its conservative audience. Even Donald Trumps son appears upset.
Link to tweet
The play? The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, which William Shakespeare is believed to have written around 1599.
Julius Caesar, which many people read in high school, focuses on the agony of Brutus, a close friend of Caesars who ultimately conspires in Caesars murder. This particular version appears to be a somewhat anachronistic interpretation of the play, where the characters are dressed in modern clothes.
According to Foxs write-up of its own segment, the actor playing Caesar looks very similar to the tall, blond businessman elected president in 2016. Also, the actress playing his wife has a Slavic accent.
Its an edgy interpretation of Shakespeares 400 year-old play, but hardly an extraordinary one. Modern updates of Shakespearean dramas, where centuries-old characters are placed in a contemporary setting, are fairly common as anyone who enjoyed popular film in the 1990s can probably tell you.
Also, the play doesnt exactly portray Caesars assassins as untainted heroes or Caesars death as a positive event.
https://thinkprogress.org/fox-news-upset-shakespeare-in-the-park-isnt-a-safe-space-for-trump-supporters-9bedb8973f2b
As one who had to read Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" in my sophomore year in high school the article is correct.
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)And when does religion become nothing but political speech ? MMMNN?
WHO THE FUCK does Junior think he is? ! Screw you Junior!
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)HO LEE FOK..... Golf Courses, Mara Logo, New Jersey.
Fuckin Repubies, My God!!!
LisaM
(27,863 posts)Can you even imagine a Trump picking up and reading a Shakespeare play by choice? No, I can't either.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)the right won't like it.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,232 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Great scene!
Foamfollower
(1,097 posts)Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Think they're better than us! He we are, trying to look out from our billion dollar golden tower and help those like us -- simple, working people of the land -- and we are repaid by snooty Shakespeare threatening to kill my dad. Shame.