Did I mention I love Shakespeare?

Did I mention that I love Shakespeare? I think so. Yes. Well tonight I went to go see "The Taming of the Shrew" at a fun little event called "Shakespeare in the Park" which is a very accurate and appropriate title for what it was. It is held at Assiniboine Park. It is really neat because you go to the Conservatory and pick up Lawn chairs and then you start off by some trees outside. That is where the first scene is set up. Then the next scene you go into the conservatory. Then you get an intermission and afterwards you go out to a tent scene in another wilderness setting and finally it ends off back in the conservatory. It was so much fun and I had many a laugh.

Something I find interesting is all of the fuss going on about this play. Apparently the idea of women submitting to their husbands is something that some are finding offensive. Yes, this play does have a lot of talk of women submitting. In fact, it ends off with the one woman who had been headstrong throughout the play, giving a speech about how women are meant to answer to their husbands every need. Don't get me wrong. I'm not arguing that women should or should not be the homemaker, chore doer or anything of the sort. I am only saying one simple thing; Had this play been written within the last 25 years, yes, I might possibly be a bit "put off" by the subject matter (although maybe not even then). However, this play was written long, long time ago. In Shakespeare's time for crying out loud. So for this reason alone, I don't think that anyone needs to be offended and think all these thoughts that it is bad for women's reputation or what not. Also, with all of the extreme statements that Shakespeare had Katherine (the headstrong submitter) say, I don't even think in his time that he was at all meaning this to be taken seriously about women. This play is a comedy and not a tragedy after all and should be taken as such in my opinion.

Well yes. That's my opinion you are very open to your own and if you want to give me a piece of your mind, go write on ahead a comment on this blog post. I think it is a very fun play to go watch and I didn't understand all of the Shakepearean lingo but it was still just so enjoyable.

Oh and by the way; sorry for writing in that gross blue yesterday. I regret that already.