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Was Shakespeare a Fraud? Anonymous -- Movie Trailer

submitted by Boise_Lib

1 decade 3 years 1 month 1 week ago

Director Roland Emmerich is expecting protests outside his home when he releases his new movie Anonymous, as he fears Shakespeare purists will be outraged by his portrayal of the Bard as a fake. The Independence Day moviemaker uses his new project to examine the conspiracy theory that Shakespeare did not write the plays attributed to him, and was instead merely the public face of an unknown author. And even though he believes there could be some truth to the concept, Emmerich knows he's likely to attract criticism from scholars and fans of the playwright. He tells Empire magazine, "I have serious doubts Shakespeare wrote his plays... I'm expecting to have people protesting outside my house. We knew there'd be so many attacks on the film, so we decided to make the film as authentic as possible." <-- From IMDb

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im bored already

http://theoriesofconspiracy.com/2010/11/shakespeare-conspiracy.htm

http://videosift.com/video/Who-Wrote-Shakespeare-The-Christopher-Marlowe-Theory

I actually think it looked pretty interesting. Historically I think the theory is bollox, but it could still make a good movie, maybe.

>> ^Lithic:

I actually think it looked pretty interesting. Historically I think the theory is bollox, but it could still make a good movie, maybe.

That's what I thought when I first heard about this. But after reading--over many years--about the theories I have my doubts about Shakespeare (the guy from Avon). Was he even literate?

But, even if we disagree on the theories, I think you're right about this being (possibly) a good film.

To me it doesn't really matter if there was a Shakespeare that deserves credit for all those great plays. It's like most conspiracies for me, a lot of fun to think about.

It's a Roland Emmerich movie. About Shakespeare.

I can only assume the theatre explodes at some point.

Coming soon, Michael Bay directs a romcom chick flick.....

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