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sixsmith
10-29-2009, 09:25 PM
http://www.twitterature.us/uk/index.htm
Tyrionforprez
10-29-2009, 10:38 PM
what did I ever do to deserve this? Honestly, this shows how culture is truly degrading.
OrphanPip
10-29-2009, 10:41 PM
Well that's a bit of an extreme response, it's obviously intended to be humorous.
higley
10-29-2009, 10:41 PM
Yuck. But I also think it's pretty funny.
papayahed
10-29-2009, 11:06 PM
Yuck. But I also think it's pretty funny.


I agree, it is pretty funny.
DanielBenoit
10-29-2009, 11:15 PM
How depressing! And yet how funny is the Hamlet part? :lol:
Night_Lamp
10-30-2009, 12:49 AM
'Literature For Dummies'
LukeS.
10-30-2009, 07:00 AM
It's a joke! jeez...
estelwen
11-01-2009, 02:15 PM
Personally, I think this is a wonderful joke. No one who would read the original works would take this seriously! I laughed aloud at reading the website through. Thank you for posting it! Think of the reactions spreading like shock waves throughout the world. The great words will survive; they are immortal. What a demonstration of how seriously we all take things that are important to us, even to the extent of losing perspective.
Lokasenna
11-01-2009, 02:24 PM
The humour isn't exactly my cup-of-tea, but if the quotations on the publisher's website are accurate, then it looks like readers are going to have to have a firm grip on the stories anyway. That would suggest its aimed at relatively well-read people, and not merely a cheaty tool for the near-illiterate.
JBI
11-01-2009, 02:36 PM
I can't decide whether some of you have decided to take this seriously, or whether you are just playing with the joke by pretending to believe it.
LitNetIsGreat
11-01-2009, 02:54 PM
But surely if you can fit Hamlet into 20 words it is a good thing???
prendrelemick
11-01-2009, 03:29 PM
The Reduced Shakespeare Company, did the complete works in about 90 minutes.
Dark Muse
11-01-2009, 03:46 PM
Hahahaha I thought it was quite funny myself
estelwen
11-01-2009, 04:33 PM
Personally, I think this is a wonderful joke. No one who would read the original works would take this seriously! I laughed aloud at reading the website through. Thank you for posting it! Think of the reactions spreading like shock waves throughout the world. The great words will survive; they are immortal. What a demonstration of how seriously we all take things that are important to us, even to the extent of losing perspective.
Lokasenna
11-01-2009, 04:44 PM
The Reduced Shakespeare Company, did the complete works in about 90 minutes.

I saw their 45 second Tempest... it was rather amusing.:lol:
Niamh
11-01-2009, 04:52 PM
hehehe! gotta love humour! :D
estelwen
11-01-2009, 04:59 PM
Sorry for the double post... I'll add another to the mix. :-)
Three Sparrows
11-02-2009, 12:49 PM
:lol: That is just funny. I laughed when I read the reviews; but hey, they would have to read the classics before writing a book about them, so its not so bad, right?
Paulclem
11-02-2009, 03:49 PM
Have you seen the Skinhead Hamlet? The language is not for the easily offended.

http://www.lanet.lv/users/judrups/Humor/hamlet.html