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Gold Flowers I

Oil & Acrylic on Decoupaged Panel 12in x 12in 2026, Red, Pink, Gold, White, Black, Fluorescent Available for Purchase

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Much Ado About Nothing [1973, New York Shakespeare Festival, dir Joseph Papp/Nick Havinga]

Welcome back to this week's episode of My Year of Shakespeare. Today's entry is available online at the internet archive (for free) if you want to grade my essay in real time. Apologies for anyone who mistakenly watched the 1973 Soviet production, that isn't

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Much Ado About Nothing [2012]

I was pretty down on the '93 adaptation. Maybe that was unfairly so. The second week seems to be The One Where I figure out what the play is and what the adaptation is and I think overall I don't care for the play for this month;

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Much Ado About Nothing [1993]

Welcome back to My Year of Shakespeare. On the one hand, it is nice to go back to lighter fare than last month's drink-from-the-firehouse pace of cramming four fairly heavy plays, each of which took a little footwork on my part to properly appreciate, into a single month;

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Titus [1999]

Frustratingly, my CMS, Ghost, decided to throw out my first draft of this. It was better written but they were unable to recover it. So, once more from the top, but with expedience and, unfortunately, brevity: I did not know how dead-on I was last week, saying that this would

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RoCo 6x6 2026

My 6x6s this year are goofy and light hearted (in keeping with my 2024 6x6s) and also a set of sorts (after my 2025 6x6s as well as my 2023 6x6s). These are due on the 4th of April so if you haven't yet, get yours in! They

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At The MAG

This was a commission 11in x 14in Oil on Canvas This was my first painting made with lead white and it was a night and day difference from titanium and zinc whites. Extremely nice to work with. I can see why painters fought tooth and nail over its removal as

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Coriolanus [2011]

[don't be weird and glib about this one don't be weird and glib about this one] You ever get talked into doing something by your mom and when lightly criticized once ever, flip out and make the vibes so rancid that you get banished from the

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William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar [1953]

Hey did you know this movie rips? That Marlon Brando is a captivating presence on-screen in a way that Charlton Heston completely wasn't? Hoo boy. This makes up for the last one. Welcome back to My Year Of Shakespeare and beware those ides. Interpretive Summary I'm

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Own Rochester

Graffiti Marker on mounted map 6in x 6in Previous: Antony & Cleopatra / Next: Zanarkand 2026, Yellow, Blue, Red, Black, White, Rochester, Available for Purchase

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Antony and Cleopatra [1972]

[Worst human voice]: Hey guys welcome back to my year of shakespeare today we're going to cover antony and cleopatra be sure to like subscribe and hit that bell for all your favorite sam binder content todays blog post is brought to you by raid shadow legends if

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China Girl [1987]

In fair 1987 where we lay our scene, we are closing out the Romeo and Juliet unit of My Year of Shakespeare with the braindead toughguy version, Abel Ferrara's China Girl. Going into this, I was psyched. Seeing the Italian neighborhood react to the bakery's signage