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Mike is 80% done

Maybe this is just me searching for essay material, but I think the way the women in this play are written is really fascinating. It's sort of similar to Hamlet, where they're largely powerless but they try to affect things however they can. But I like this better, because we actually get to see their thoughts and discussions a lot more, rather than just seeing how the male characters react to them.

— Mar 05, 2018 08:38AM

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Mike is 60% done

This is an interesting play, but it just hasn't aged well, because contemporary people are almost never familiar with this intricate history that Shakespeare assumed his audience knew. That makes the play very hard to follow.

— Mar 04, 2018 03:03PM

Mike is 40% done

This play is a lot more interesting when Richard is on stage.

— Mar 03, 2018 12:26PM

Mike is 30% done

The scenes where Richard isn't on stage are a lot less interesting than the ones where he is.

— Mar 02, 2018 05:58AM

Mike is 20% done

Well, this is certainly not one of Shakespeare's more subtle plays. But I'm kind of enjoying it, in a soap opera-ish way.

— Feb 27, 2018 11:48PM