May 20, 2011

MacBeth, I hear you callin' . . .

Shakespeare once suggested that life may be a tale "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." I am not that pessimistic, but MacBeth's famous soliloquy could well be applied to the recount in the race for state Supreme Court.
Actual lead paragraph from a Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel "guest columnist." How does something like that get past any editor?

Shakespeare, ffs.

9 comments:

Display Name said...

McNuggets?

illusory tenant said...

With a side of HamLette.

Display Name said...

I think you meant "How does someone like that get past any editor."

Display Name said...

(Meaning EsenBurg.)

illusory tenant said...

That's an easy one: Because it's the MJS.

Other Side said...

I thought it was told by an idiot.

illusory tenant said...

I would hesitate to say idiot because there's nothing in that column that you didn't see right here -- and then some -- over the past six weeks.

gnarlytrombone said...

...just related with 863 percent more pomposity for added value.

Anonymous said...

Well, as Holden Caufield frequently said, "Call me Ishmael."

--Pretentious Literary Twit