Re: erasure


Subject: Re: erasure
From: Paul Kennedy (kennedyp@toronto.cbc.ca)
Date: Mon Jan 24 2000 - 00:03:55 EST


Hey Matt!

MERCHANT and OTHELLO (along with TITUS and CORIOLANUS) might just be my
least favourite Shakespearean plays..... And maybe the sort of PC ethical
issues that you're talking about are exactly the reason why....

>
>What, incidentally, am I to do with students who refer to Othello as an
>"African-American"?
>
>

My 14-year-old daughter refuses to allow me to attend BlueJay games in the
Skydome against the "Cleveland Native Canadians".... (because of the
distasteful logo, you understand....)

Give me TEMPEST anyday (although there is that tiny problem about Caliban....)!

Cheers,

Paul

OSR--Where are the "people of colour" in JDS?

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