:I agree about Shakespeare's motivations, but maintain that, since his historical plays are about real people, they go here -- they're actually great for teaching Tudor/Stuart? politics -- and for teaching how we need to be critical of our sources. I would also keep Holy Grail and Life of Brian -- but not Ben Hur. And would keep Pearl Harbor -- it happened, and it's interesting to compare with Tora Tora Tora...JHK |
But Shakespeare's take on history is as dubious as say the authors of the screenplay of [Pearl Harbour]?... His stuff is politically motivated (e.g. the blackening of the character of King Richard III, etc). One in, all in... I do think we can accept that while [Robin Hood, Men in Tights]?, (amusing though it is), probably doesn't belong here, [Monty Python and The Holy Grail]? which makes some fairly heavyweight points about historical social and political conditions as well as the nature of history itself probably does. sjc