Fifield’s modern Shakespearean TV drama
Dr Mumbo notes that when Communications Minister Mitch Fifield took the portfolio he claimed he wasn’t really a huge fan of the Arts (part of the revised portfolio), preferring the Pet Shop Boys to the ballet or theatre.
But that hasn’t stopped him from doling out some Shakespearean references in his description of the state of television industry politics during yesterday’s address to the National Press Club.
Which of Shakespeare’s many plays did he use? Well, Romeo and Juliet, of course…
Fifield told the room of journalists and senior media execs: “Something I have realised early in the piece is that Free TV and ASTRA are a bit like the Capulets and the Montagues.
He is not alone, there is no shortage of the artless the art ignorant, who unknowingly quote Congreve, Thackeray, and/ or Shakespeare daily, and are surprised to discover that a number of their life ideals, and a large chunk of their moral views, are contained within the pages of the complete Shakespeare.
When people tell me they hate the Opera, I always ask them which one, and why; the conversation dwindles very quickly after that.
It’s just the over acting and stilted delivery which makes Opera unwatchable for me.
Am sure the stories are enthralling under all the pomp.