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SHAKSPER 1992: Joe Macbeth/Men of Respect
From: Hardy M. Cook (hmcook@boe00.minc.umd.edu) Date: 08/15/92
Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 3, No. 195. Saturady, 15 August 1992. From: Stephen Orgel <orgel@leland.stanford.edu> Date: Friday, August 14, 1992, 21:32:17 PDT Subject: Joe Macbeth/Men of Respect *Joe Macbeth* is rather closer, and I thought a smarter version of the play-- though this may be mere nostalgia on my part: I saw it in graduate school and found it very exciting. The big difference between it and *Men of Respect* for me was that Joe Macbeth didn't exclude the rest of the world, the way Men of Respect did--MACBETH *isn't* just about gangsters; things happen to REAL people because of what Macbeth does. And a footnote: as a version of Shakespearean dialogue, "Shit happens" was inspired. (I think Banquo says it to Macbeth.)
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