Seinfeld Is Unfunny/Theatre: Difference between revisions

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** ''[[West Side Story]]'' has arguably aged very well, particularly since its characters look a lot less stylized and stereotyped than most 1950s "delinquent" characters. In fact, it probably ''influenced'' street-gang fashions (particularly the wearing of the bandanna) for decades afterward!

* [[William Shakespeare]]. From the introductory paragraph to chapter 6 of Lawrence Lessig's ''Free Culture'':

{{quote| I once overheard someone commenting on [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s adaptation of ''Henry V'': ''"I liked it, but [[Shakespeare]] is so full of clichés."''}}

{{quote|I once overheard someone commenting on [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s adaptation of ''Henry V'': ''"I liked it, but [[Shakespeare]] is so full of clichés."''}}

:: ''[[Henry V]]'' is particularly susceptible to this, as it's been mined, deconstructed, or outright stolen from for basically every war movie ever made.

** In fact, it's a common joke amongst theater folks: a woman (for some reason, it's always a woman) sees ''[[Hamlet]]'' for the first time and complains, "I don't know why people make such a big deal about it. It's just a bunch of quotes strung together."