Ep 063 - King Lear, by William Shakespeare

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

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🗓️ 2 June 2014

⏱️ 59 minutes

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William Shakespeare's reputation is basically secure at this point. He was hugely influential, his works are widely studied, and although he's over 400 years old he remains a part of the liberal arts canon to this day. That doesn't necessarily mean that his works are easy to parse. This week, we stumble a bit through the epic tragedy King Lear, a play that has all the hallmarks of a Shakespearian tragedy—death, madness, people running around in disguise—but a big cast of characters that isn't easy to keep track of if you're a Shakespeare newbie.

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0:00.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told tale,
0:05.1	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:10.4	Plus, these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.4	You're asking me if I've ever thought something bad about somebody, and then they like
0:42.8	prove me wrong, and then I have to get over thinking that bad thing about them.
0:48.8	Yeah, or you get mad now, I'm mad because I don't have a right to be mad at them anymore.
1:00.3	I don't want to ask who you're talking about specifically.
1:03.6	It's my upstairs neighbors.
1:05.4	Okay.
1:06.1	What is it they do?
1:07.0	What is it they do?
1:08.0	This is not the last yabos.
1:12.5	We've probably talked about them a couple of months back where I was asking if it was okay to end
1:16.4	parties at 2am.
1:17.5	Right.
1:17.9	Yeah, yeah.
1:19.2	You like to get party ears upstairs?
1:20.8	Oh my god.
1:23.2	Well, I ran into one of them on our front step the other day,
1:28.4	and he apologized for like two months ago causing all sorts of ruckus.
1:35.8	He was like, hey, I've been meaning to...
1:37.5	Oh, sorry.
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