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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:00 PM Original message |
Colbert is the fool in "King Lear" |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Let's hope it ends the same way |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Firsdt they ignore you.... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. I had that thought yesterday, too. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Feste's pretty great, too. Touchstone, anyone? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. True! |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. and the courtiers can't stand it! |
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Twillig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yeah, but the 'king' is more sinning than sinned against |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. is the press Cordelia? |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. no way, Cordelia was too good to be the press |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. the "goodness" is more like tragic co-dependency |
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Twillig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Wha? |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. “What shall Cordelia speak? Love, and be silent” |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. The press - one of the deluded daughters fawning at his knee. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. may the press is the "blinded" character... |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. maybe, but Bush isn't Lear |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. true, though both, of course were --are -- "blind" |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. The American people are Lear. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. yes... |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. unless you spell it "Leer", perhaps? (n/t) |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. different circumstances but similar arrogance and grandiosity. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. Watch it a Couple of Times |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Silly Goose! |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. well, Shakespeare was no doubt a commie Englishman |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. My GUT told me... |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:39 PM Original message |
facts are biased! |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. That's a known fact! |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. Villager, I've read King Lear |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. a thoughtful reply, Jack Rabbit! |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I agree that the Fool was Colbert's part |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's a little like Hamlet, too. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. ooohhh...NICE comparison to the dumb show! |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Well, honestly, just about everything is "a little like Hamlet." |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. heeheeeeeee...true... |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 06:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Bingo. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. No...he is Kyoami to Bush's Lord Hidetora Ichimonji |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
26. "Where are the weapons, Nuncle? The ones of mass destruction?" |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 05:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. !! |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Cry "Nuncle," indeed! |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
37. Is that the one where the cruise ship is hit by the big wave and flips? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-03-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. yup, Shakespeare sold it "on a pitch," to the Globe |
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