Word: sonneteer
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...First, she assumes that when Levin Professor Literature Stephen J. Greenblatt wrote in The New York Times that the movie could have "depicted Shakespeare writing his sonnet to a fair young man," Greenblatt meant that the movie could have, and should have, presented Shakespeare as homosexual. In fact, Lewis presents no evidence at all that Greenblatt thinks Shakespeare was homosexual...
...Part of audiences' attraction to "Shakespeare in Love" was its constant depiction of beauty--from the gold embroidered costumes, to the regal estates, to the gorgeous Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes. And while the screenwriters could have retained this beauty and still had Shakespeare direct his sonnet to a young man, beauty alone could not have won audiences' praise as it did--the movie's heterosexual romance made all of the difference...
...York Times article, Harvard literature professor Stephen Greenblatt explains that Shakespeare's popular sonnet, "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" was actually addressed to a young man instead of the "fair-haired, wealthy young woman Viola de Lesseps" as "Shakespeare in Love" would lead one to believe. But for the sake of the movie's success--and the movie's success did depend on this fundamental alteration--the screenwriters did a bit of tinkering...
...most provocative contention in Greenblatt's article is his conclusion: "Perhaps the studios underestimated how much Americans love talent: even if the film had depicted Shakespeare writing his sonnet to a fair young man, audiences may have delighted in his overwhelming success...
...Washington and to the delight of advocates, words are underlined that reappear in the masterpieces. For example, the declaration "I am that I am" from Exodus 3: 14 is found not only in a letter De Vere wrote to his father-in-law in 1584 but also in "Sonnet 121." In The Merry Wives of Windsor, a Falstaff speech refers to a "weaver's beam," two words highlighted in the Bible (II Samuel 21: 19). Oxfordians can cite scores of other examples linking De Vere's Bible to Shakespeare's texts...