Sunday, November 27, 2005
MARLOWE vs. MOHAMMED
In his on time, Christopher Marlowe rivaled William Shakespeare as the greatest dramatist of the Elizabethan age. But his stature is no match for the power of Islam in England today. Marlowe's play, Tamburlaine the Great, has been a big hit at the Barbican theater. But after this summer's suicide bomb attacks in London, the play's producers decided to castrate Marlowe. The play "tells the story of a shepherd-robber who defeats the king of Persia, the emperor of Turkey and, seeing himself as the 'scourge of God', burns the Koran." Well, that last part has been turned into the burning of just a "load of books" that could relate to "any culture or religion." This act of cultural cowardice made the play "more powerful." Right.
GB, THHotA
posted by Greg 8:49 AM
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