Morrace
Tuesday 12th May 2009 5:08pm
2,727 posts
Quote: Morrace @ May 12 2009, 3:25 AM BST
The original 'West Side Story' Broadway production was in 1957. Shakespeare was dead by then.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ May 12 2009, 12:35 PM BST
Yeah, I know, it was a joke. Like the kid on the internet who claimed Lord of the Rings was a ripoff of Dragaonball Z.
Kurosawa's Ran was a great adaption of King Lear and just about every gangster movie ever made has it's roots in MacBeth or Julius Caesar.
Shakey also has about 500 pubs named after him, so that alone is enough to warrant a genius tag.
You quoted me out of context, Retrograde. Here's the quote within context:
Quote: Morrace @ May 12 2009, 3:25 AM BST
The original 'West Side Story' Broadway production was in 1957. Shakespeare was dead by then.
In 1996 Baz Luhrmann, not Shakespeare, cast Leonardo Di Caprio as Romeo. Shakespeare was dead by then, anyway.
Shakespeare was never referred to as 'Shakey' - the only showbiz person (which Shakespeare was) with that nickname' was Shakin' Stevens (born Michael Barrett, 4 March 1948); his main break in Show Business was in the musical 'Elvis'. Elvis was dead by then - but not as dead as Shakespeare who 'left the building' on 23 April 1616.
P.S. I'm learning to play the moronica.