The canon is mostly pretty good, except for Tess of the D’Urbervilles. In particular, I’ve spent more time with “Julius Caesar” than any reasonable person should be required to. But this weekend’s burst of psychopathic indignation over one production of the play was a good reminder of what a futile pursuit that was. The thing about Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar” is that it’s not actually about Caesar. That’s what has been done to this production of “Julius Caesar.”It’s a good thing that such easy targets exist because otherwise we would have to confront bigger problems.

Source: Huffington Post June 12, 2017 23:15 UTC