Comments on: Polonius: Father, Clown, or Both? http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1563 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Wed, 20 May 2026 16:52:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1563&cpage=1#comment-13199 girldetective Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:27:41 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1563#comment-13199 Yanno, Becca, people say they're scared of MY pop culture trivial knowledge. I think you may be a bigger maven than I. Yanno, Becca, people say they’re scared of MY pop culture trivial knowledge. I think you may be a bigger maven than I.

]]> By: Becca http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1563&cpage=1#comment-13186 Becca Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:46:50 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1563#comment-13186 Of course someone has posted the episode on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvktL4qu3us Of course someone has posted the episode on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvktL4qu3us

]]> By: Becca http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1563&cpage=1#comment-13185 Becca Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:38:56 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1563#comment-13185 I remember an episode of Gilligan's Island in which they put on a musical of Hamlet to the music of Carmen (Gilligan plays Hamlet, Skipper Polonius). "There's just one other thing/you have to do/ to thine own self be true!" I think of it every time I see/read Hamlet. The clash of low and high culture... I remember an episode of Gilligan’s Island in which they put on a musical of Hamlet to the music of Carmen (Gilligan plays Hamlet, Skipper Polonius). “There’s just one other thing/you have to do/ to thine own self be true!” I think of it every time I see/read Hamlet. The clash of low and high culture…

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1563&cpage=1#comment-13152 girldetective Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:54:25 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1563#comment-13152 M, thanks for the link to that excellent entry. As I continue through the play, I find it surprising that Jenkins chose "courage" for "comrade," and apologizes for Polonius here. I've just finished IIii, and Polonius is quite creepy. I'm looking forward to his death. M, thanks for the link to that excellent entry. As I continue through the play, I find it surprising that Jenkins chose “courage” for “comrade,” and apologizes for Polonius here. I’ve just finished IIii, and Polonius is quite creepy. I’m looking forward to his death.

]]> By: MFS http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1563&cpage=1#comment-13149 MFS Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:37:31 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1563#comment-13149 I doubt not that the advice is worthy and relationship-establishing, but I think Polonius is one of Shakespeare's lowest creations. http://mentalmultivitamin.blogspot.com/2004/02/this-above-all-to-thine-own-self-be.html I doubt not that the advice is worthy and relationship-establishing, but I think Polonius is one of Shakespeare’s lowest creations.

http://mentalmultivitamin.blogspot.com/2004/02/this-above-all-to-thine-own-self-be.html

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