Word: bard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what similar to the idea in 1775 that the British were coming). It's not even that it's the second to the last Friday in April and we are finally within striking distance of the end of the year. No, April 23 is significant because it's the Bard's birthday. That's right, folks, William Shakespeare, the man himself, the poet and playwright to end all poets and playwrights, turns 435 tomorrow...
Those are just the movie references. The Wachowskis, both dropouts from good colleges (Larry from Bard, Andy from Emerson), want to weld classic lit, hallucinogenic imagery and a wild world of philosophical surmises to pop culture. The Bible meets Batman; Lewis Carroll collides with William Gibson; Greek and geek mythology bump and run. Hell, you may find string theory in The Matrix...
...EMBRACED, LIKE, SHAKESPEARE: "I lucked out in terms of timing," Stiles says, poised to appear in three youth movies borrowed from the Bard. 10 Things is basically Taming of the Shrew in high school; an updated Hamlet will star Ethan Hawke as the melancholy Dane; and O, currently filming, is a retelling of Othello set in the world of high school basketball...
Harvard managed just one unarned run from a bard-luck seventh inning, which started with back-to-back singles by Huling and Keck...
...thoroughly enjoyed your article on "The Bard's Beard?" and the nagging question of the possible authorship of the various William Shakespeare plays [HISTORY, Feb. 15]. There is also another fascinating question regarding Shakespeare and writing...