posted on December 20, 2019 04:41 PM by
u/zhezhijian
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I always knew rationalists were attracted to form over substance, but
this is beyond dumb. From the tumblr:
How come nobody writes Shakespearean plays anymore?
You know the type. Five acts, set in 15th century Venice or whatever,
everyone speaks in iambic pentameter and has names like “Panculio”.
Either a tragedy where everyone dies at the end, or a comedy where
everyone hilariously misidentifies their lovers somehow.
Everyone agrees these are some the greatest plays ever. So why won’t
anyone write them nowadays? Don’t tell me the form has been completely
explored. So have superhero movies, and people keep churning out more of
those.
like
it can be a neat gimmick, I guess?
but it's not literally the period and style of language that makes shakespeare good? it's just a little bit more than that scott? everyone knows it's actually because they were published in quarto, it's the paper size that makes them so popular over the centuries scott and modern plays would be good if they were done in the right format
> everyone knows it's actually because they were published in quarto, it's the paper size that makes them so popular over the centuries
The virgin quarto vs the chad folio
Yeah, people are writing and performing all kinds of shit. It's just not very popular, so it's mostly amateur and independent productions with small or no advertising budgets.
It's pretty obviously a joke dude, no charity needed. It's probably making fun of some other post that was making the rounds on tumblr or something rather than being meant to be funny in a vacuum.
Oh hardly, judging by the comment threads on his Tumblr, plenty of people are taking it seriously. And it's so unfunny it took me a moment to realize Scooter might be trying to make a joke.
I always knew rationalists were attracted to form over substance, but this is beyond dumb. From the tumblr:
Do you need a Tumblr account just to read pages now?
Rational!Hamlet