“This isn’t from the Tree of Knowledge. You won’t find one in the orchards of Heavenly Hillsboro. Birches, beeches, butternuts. A few ignorance bushes. No Tree of Knowledge.”
I think the rest of the nation — no, the world, is laughing us,” he said. “Taking Shakespeare in its entirety out because the relationship between Romeo and Juliet is somehow exploiting minors is just absurd.”
Canadian here. I used to laugh at the silly things Americans would do. This isn’t silly or funny. It’s really sad.
I was going to suggest Twelfth Night, for the dirty pun embedded in Malvolio’s letter, but then I realized the FTM cross-dressing would count as WrongThink in Florida. Sigh.
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https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/i/inherit-the-wind/character-analysis/e-k-hornbeck
Canadian here. I used to laugh at the silly things Americans would do. This isn’t silly or funny. It’s really sad.
What are they afraid of? Country matters? Nothing?
I was going to suggest Twelfth Night, for the dirty pun embedded in Malvolio’s letter, but then I realized the FTM cross-dressing would count as WrongThink in Florida. Sigh.