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Unread 06-12-2017, 09:40 AM
E. Shaun Russell E. Shaun Russell is offline
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I don't know how anyone in their right mind could equate Trump with Shakespeare's Caesar (let alone the actual Caesar). Trump is in no way a tragic figure, whereas Julius Caesar's characterization portrays him as a victim -- someone who was adored by almost all of the people, but was feared by senators who wanted to cling to (and most assuredly abuse) power. I recognize that there's a fine line between an "interpretation" of a work and a "misreading," but this production sounds uncomfortably close to the latter, in my view...
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