1. Branagh's an Oxfordian? Lord, I hope she's wrong. We've already lost Derek Jacobi to the forces of illogic.
2. Good point. There's a definite emotional thing where "A Brit I admire and who has strong cultural links to Shakespeare" has sway. It's one of the reasons I find Jacobi's position so frustrating; he's (amongst others) Lear to theatregoers and that sadly does have more pull with some people than simple fact.
3. Excellent. We're a skeptical lot, you know... :P Of course this is partisan nonsense on my part. The difference is, I can see it for what it is. For all I know, Liam Neeson or Stephen Rea or somebody will come out as an Oxfordian and then I'll be able to rail about the stubborn illogic of my countrymen. So we're back to "let's all try to think properly".
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Date: 2011-10-30 02:42 pm (UTC)2. Good point. There's a definite emotional thing where "A Brit I admire and who has strong cultural links to Shakespeare" has sway. It's one of the reasons I find Jacobi's position so frustrating; he's (amongst others) Lear to theatregoers and that sadly does have more pull with some people than simple fact.
3. Excellent. We're a skeptical lot, you know... :P Of course this is partisan nonsense on my part. The difference is, I can see it for what it is. For all I know, Liam Neeson or Stephen Rea or somebody will come out as an Oxfordian and then I'll be able to rail about the stubborn illogic of my countrymen. So we're back to "let's all try to think properly".