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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 12.2873  Thursday, 20 December 2001

From:           Markus Marti <Markus.Marti@unibas.ch>
Date:           Wednesday, 19 Dec 2001 22:44:25 +0100
Subject: 12.2858 (R) "Not Another Teen Movie" and Shakespeare
Comment:        Re: SHK 12.2858 (R) "Not Another Teen Movie" and Shakespeare

Dear Richard,

What is culture?

> a burst of flatulence ... a young woman's intestinal distress...

Is literary production not part of Cultural Production, is  "Culture"
(with a capital "C") not the (sublime) fart of the bard, so to say?

> As the teacher winds [sic!] up his speech, he invokes Shakespeare,
> Molière, and
> the tradition of "sublime poetic genius,"

[sic! As I said, hicks! My very words"]

> which today's youth has
> abandoned in favor of a fascination with "human excrement."

What's wrong with "human excrement"? Is a poem produced after reading
Shakespeare better than whatever you produce after having had a glorious
meal at a three-star (=Guide Michelin) restaurant? Which production is
more material, and does it matter?

> Q.E.D.: no

Sorry: your sentence goes on:

>sooner does he utter these words than the air duct collapses, followed
>by the floor of the toilet stall, a cataclysm that douses the poor
>man's classroom in something other than sublime poetic genius.

Mark the Bard's own words: These all were spirits, and melted into air,
thin air.

Happy Xmas,
Markus

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