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kellinator ([personal profile] kellinator) wrote2001-09-17 05:24 pm

Shakespeare said it best.

"Set it down that I am an ass."

--Dogberry, Much Ado About Nothing

[identity profile] grabbingsand.livejournal.com 2001-09-17 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
more than once, even...

GREMIO: O this learning, what a thing it is
GRUMIO: O this woodcock, what an ass it is!

Taming of the Shrew, Act I Scene 2

[identity profile] kellinator.livejournal.com 2001-09-17 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Showoff :P

Well, I guess that would make you a smartass -- and me, by extension, a dumbass.

How did the Shrew go, by the way?

[identity profile] grabbingsand.livejournal.com 2001-09-17 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
shrew went well.

now we are along to merchant of venice, and i am sad to say that merchant is an entirely ass-less show.... at least in a textual sense.

[identity profile] kellinator.livejournal.com 2001-09-17 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Textually, yes. Contextually, I've always felt that several characters in that play make total asses of themselves. Are you performing?