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10/04/2008
McCain as Macbeth, Obama as Hamlet
Stephen Colbert makes the comparison, with some help from Stephen Greenblatt!
Colbert: "Can you answer all my questions in iambic pentameter?"
Greenblatt: "My lord, on that one, I'll get back to you."
Colbert: "I think there was a trochee in there."
(Link above is to video on Comedy Central's Indecision 2008 blog.)
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further commentary pls! your thoughts on the comparison? does this mean obama embodies eth we need to know?
Posted by: Alex | 10/05/2008
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