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Dear Americans Please Stop Screwing Up Shakespeare


And we Brits will promise never to make a western...It's the accent and lack of theatrical timing. There are some very good American actors such as Kevin Kline, Laurence Fishburne and Malkovitch who have the theatrical training. But every time you guys shoot Shakespeare the directors choose untrained movie actors who are utterly wrong for the part and ignore actors with real heft.

Even the awful Midsummers Night Dream with Calista Flockhart worked because of Kline, Strathairn, Tucci and Bill Irwin. All these guys are trained at Shakespeare.

Anymore messing with the Bard and we'll remake Red River with Ricky Gervais or Shane with Eddie Izzard.

It's your choice America...

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Rugby, are you under the mistaken impression that Shakespeare belongs solely to you, the British? The Bard belongs to the world, you selfish git.

Please do make good on your threat. Ricky Gervais and Eddie Izzard would make wonderful westerns. I'd pay good money to see those.




Some things you just can't ride around...

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I hate westerns so go nuts.

Kenneth Branaugh used Denzel Washington, Robert Sean Leonard, and Keanu Reeves. He didn't ask any of them to alter their accents as he, Branaugh, felt Shakespeare's work has endured for as long as it has because it is so thoroughly adaptable.


Have a nice day.

Oh it's just flowery and a little bit like Yoda

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I don't think there is anything wrong with Americans doing Shakespeare. In this case I feel the American cast did a great job with it

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