Shakespeare vs. Sex and the City?

[Kay Fair]

I have just re-read All's Well That Ends Well as a start to my project to read all of Shakespeare's works.

My first impression is one of pity for leading lady Helena. Apparently, Helena lost her copy of He’s Just Not That Into You.

Personally, I caught the film version several months ago and frankly strongest impression I gathered from that hour-and-a-half-I’ll-never-get-back was a profound respect for Scarlet Johansen’s resistance (or inability) to conform with the Hollywood starlet size zero standard. I mean no offense to anyone out there who may have enjoyed it, I was simply never a fan of Sex and the City or any of its little pop culture spin-offs.

However, after digesting William Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, I am at last able to see some of the educational merit of a book/movie targeted toward the correction of desperate behaviors made by desperate women.

Helena is defined by her obsession with Bertram. She isn’t “the girl who selflessly serves the countess” or “the daughter of the illustrious physician” or even “the healer who miraculously cures the king.” She is rather the sad eyed dog forever nipping at Bertram’s heels. (more at whatrefuge.blogspot)

[mokey]

RECENTLY A LOCAL BARNES AND NOBLES MOVED. TO LESSEN INVENTORY THEY MADE DEEP DISCOUNTS. THIS INCLUDED HEAVY DISCOUNTS ON CLASSICS. I AM ON A QUEST TO COMPLETE SHAKESPEARE, AS WELL, DUE TO MY NEW "BOOTY". NO SOAP OPERA CAN COMPETE WITH SHAKESPEARE. SHARPER THAN A SERPEANT'S TONGUE, HE IS.

[andr70]

Hm..nice remarks indeed.And what's more, I liked the comparison with the movie a lot!