tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34435183.post6484068135543035176..comments2023-06-27T18:31:13.403+08:00Comments on O w n e r l e s s - M i n d: In Defence of the BardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34435183.post-80557304919185261212008-09-29T18:32:00.000+08:002008-09-29T18:32:00.000+08:00Hi morning Angel.Some modern productions of The Te...Hi morning Angel.<BR/>Some modern productions of The Tempest have reinterpreted it in terms of colonialism,and have therefore cast Caliban as a black colonised character. There is nothing wrong with this, as long as the text is changed enough to make it clear that it's not exactly the same play. The Sci Fi movie Forbidden Planet is loosely based on The Tempest but is a work in its own right, so no danger of blaming S. for denigrating - way back in Elizabethan times - alien technology run amok.<BR/>The academic was not referring to any specific production of the play, but seemed to want to identify S. as the single root source of colour-consciouness in Western society, based on this one character. He also sees the play Othello as a negative portrayal of black people, when most people have seen it as quite sympathetic. The only derogatory words about King Othello in that play are spoken by one of the characters. You would think that an academic of such high standing would avoid making the mistake of taking words uttered by a fictional character and attributing them to the character's creator.jeronimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099993403604440221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34435183.post-68941169806672815532008-09-28T05:54:00.000+08:002008-09-28T05:54:00.000+08:00Was it the editor and not our Shakespeare exhibiti...Was it the editor and not our Shakespeare exhibiting racism? Did the "role" perhaps suggest to the commentator that Caliban was black?Morning Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16756082722300038196noreply@blogger.com