In the past two decades, Othello has tried out for the basketball
team, Macbeth has taken over a fast food joint, and King Lear has
moved to an lowa farm - Shakespeare is everywhere in popular
culture. This collection of essays addresses the use of
Shakespearean narratives, themes, imagery, and characterizations in
non-Shakespearian cinema. The essays explore how Shakespeare and
his work are manipulated within the popular media and explore
topics such as racism, jealousy, misogyny and nationality. The
question of whether a contemporary production is influenced by
Shakespeare or by an earlier piece that influenced Shakespeare is
also addressed. The submissions concentrate on film and television
programs that are adaptations of Shakespearean plays, including My
Own Private Idaho, CSI-Miami, A Thousand Acres, Prospero's Books,
O, 10 Things I Hate About You, Withnail and I, Get Over It, and The
West Wing. Each chapter includes notes and a list of works cited. A
full bibliography completes the work; it is divided into
bibliographies and filmographies, general studies and essays,
derivatives based on a single play, derivatives based on several,
and derivatives based on Shakespeare as a character.
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