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Old 08-21-2007, 12:56 AM   #30
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The point I'm making is that these 'introductions' are bad - poor quality art, poor quality 'simplified' versions of the text. If you compare the high quality of the animation in the BBC Animated Shakespeare (they used some of the best Russian animators) you can see what can be done if a decent effort is made. This is an attempt to 'translate' Shakespeare, & its a poor effort. I'm not saying that there shouldn't be attempts to make Shakespeare accessible. I'm saying they should be good, high quality efforts, not silly attempts to make it as 'exciting as Spiderman'.

BTW, I also find much of Milton boring - & some of Shakespeare, but, as Lalaith says, that really is not the point.
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