Klarinet Archive - Posting 001404.txt from 1998/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] more off-topic on Shakespeare, lewdness, etc.
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 18:04:15 -0400

At 09:35 AM 7/31/98 -0400, Robin Black wrote:
>>>>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.
>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).
>
An occasional wallow is allowed, but if the entire substance of your art
actually IS wallowing in the dirt, I think we can all do without it.

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