The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 10.0789  Friday, 30 April 1999.

[1]     From:   Sean Lawrence <
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        Date:   Thursday, 29 Apr 1999 08:51:01 +0000
        Subj:   Re: SHK 10.0781 Shakespeare and Glamour

[2]     From:   Douglas Lanier <
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        Date:   Thursday, 29 Apr 1999 12:56:48 -0400
        Subj:   Re: SHK 10.0781 Shakespeare and Glamour


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From:           Sean Lawrence <
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Date:           Thursday, 29 Apr 1999 08:51:01 +0000
Subject: 10.0781 Shakespeare and Glamour
Comment:        Re: SHK 10.0781 Shakespeare and Glamour

D. G. Hale asks,

>The May issue of Glamour contains an article about the makeup, a longer
>article about past and forthcoming films ("To See or Not to See"), and
>an article on orgasms begins with a paragraph about Shakespeare in Love.
>
>What next?

What's next is a lot of cynics feeling justified in saying that all
"so-called art" is merely an abstraction of material needs and desires.

I think that what we should be asking is whether, if we are to oppose
such crass commercialism, on what grounds are we to do so?

Cheers,
Se