Clear Shakespeare
@clearshakes.bsky.social
Akiva Fox takes you through Shakespeare's plays, word by word. A read-along podcast for students, readers, and performers.
https://clearshakespeare.com/
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Mostel and Wilder in Godot and/or Endgame
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Mostel and Wilder in Godot and/or Endgame
He played Othello at the Guthrie!
November 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
He played Othello at the Guthrie!
Laurette Taylor as Violet Weston
Sidney Poitier as Brutus
Viola Davis as Viola
Sidney Poitier as Brutus
Viola Davis as Viola
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Laurette Taylor as Violet Weston
Sidney Poitier as Brutus
Viola Davis as Viola
Sidney Poitier as Brutus
Viola Davis as Viola
This is borderline every production I've seen. Dunno, "power-addled, revenge-obsessed plotter unexpectedly decides to forgive instead" seems more exciting to me.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is borderline every production I've seen. Dunno, "power-addled, revenge-obsessed plotter unexpectedly decides to forgive instead" seems more exciting to me.
The play only works if he doesn't decide until that very second. "Omnipotent puppet master's perfect plan works perfectly" is dramatically inert.
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The play only works if he doesn't decide until that very second. "Omnipotent puppet master's perfect plan works perfectly" is dramatically inert.
Sets and costumes by Vincente Minnelli!
October 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Sets and costumes by Vincente Minnelli!
I notice you don't mention the Rabbi quoting extensively from the movie "Ted"
October 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I notice you don't mention the Rabbi quoting extensively from the movie "Ted"
Not to mention Goldenthal's Alien 3
October 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Not to mention Goldenthal's Alien 3
Well surely they still had the Plutarch and Goethe
October 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Well surely they still had the Plutarch and Goethe
Her film about her dad is also excellent.
October 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Her film about her dad is also excellent.
why'd it have to be cats?
October 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
why'd it have to be cats?
Freedom was not a theoretical question for him.
October 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Freedom was not a theoretical question for him.
"Was a major league catcher for a while" is not the qualification teams seem to think it is.
October 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Was a major league catcher for a while" is not the qualification teams seem to think it is.
I've heard opera singers call it "controlled screaming"
October 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I've heard opera singers call it "controlled screaming"
If your first two jobs are for Aaron Sorkin and Shonda Rhimes, you may learn something about propulsive storytelling.
October 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If your first two jobs are for Aaron Sorkin and Shonda Rhimes, you may learn something about propulsive storytelling.
Somewhat improbably: Woody Harrelson.
October 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Somewhat improbably: Woody Harrelson.
Not sad for Thomas Midgely, inventor of leaded gas and CFCs. That guy had it coming.
October 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Not sad for Thomas Midgely, inventor of leaded gas and CFCs. That guy had it coming.
I worked on a play with him later in his life, and can honestly say he was one of the kindest human beings I ever met.
October 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I worked on a play with him later in his life, and can honestly say he was one of the kindest human beings I ever met.
He is a music video director at heart (derogatory and complimentary)
October 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
He is a music video director at heart (derogatory and complimentary)
And there are great things in it! Loved the sensei stuff (which was apparently all Benicio's idea), loved a lot of the daughter's story line, loved the christmas adventurers stuff, but the perspective choice completely unbalances the movie.
October 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
And there are great things in it! Loved the sensei stuff (which was apparently all Benicio's idea), loved a lot of the daughter's story line, loved the christmas adventurers stuff, but the perspective choice completely unbalances the movie.
She plays one of the nuns in the movie! This is very clearly a post-2020 guy-realizes-that-racism-exists movie.
October 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
She plays one of the nuns in the movie! This is very clearly a post-2020 guy-realizes-that-racism-exists movie.