Klarinet Archive - Posting 001394.txt from 1998/07

From: "Robin Black" <BLACKR@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] more off-topic on Shakespeare, lewdness, etc.
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 09:35:55 -0400

>>>My real point is that it wasn't "lewd" then - except possibly in the
earlier sense of "earthy, vulgar". In Shakespeare's day, it would have
been the *analogy* which shocked, not the word.=20
There's not much in common between Shake and rap.
Roger S.<<<

That's fine, because I was never comparing Shakespeare and rap. I was =
merely pointing out to those who think Shakespeare was above it that he =
could wallow in the dirt with the best of them (and that his art didn't =
suffer for it).

Robin Black

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