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The Bardcast: "It's Shakespeare, You Dick!"
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The Bardcast: "It's Shakespeare, You Dick!"
De-Colonisation Shakespeare
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Yes, we know we spelled it the British way... on purpose of course, because that is what this episode is about!! The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust began last year (as a result of academic pressure) to "de-colonise" its collection.
What does this mean? Well, Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust has warned visitors that some items in its collections may contain ‘language or depictions that are racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise harmful’. (obviously, it was from a very different time.) The Birthplace Trust’s real concern is to stop British people taking pride in Shakespeare and seeing his work as a symbol of ‘British cultural superiority’.
Barf.
Exactly how do we feel about it??
Listen and find out!!
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