Let Them Read Shakespeare
Without any hint of irony, Laura Bush “lamented a lack of worthy male role models…for American youth.” But she’s got a plan to turn things around in urban hellholes. How? By “enticing gangland boys with the works of William Shakespeare.” Sounds a little Michael Jacksony to us, but it’s true Dick Cheney used to flip rock for the Rollin’ 60s until he picked up a copy of Troilus and Cressida in 1986. So why not give it a shot?
Laura Bush wants to take Shakespeare to US gangland [AFP]
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