Book DescriptionIn the past two decades, Othello has tried out for the basketball team, Macbeth has taken over a fast food joint, and King Lear has moved to an Iowa farmShakespeare is everywhere in popular culture This collection of essays addresses the use of Shakespearean narratives, themes, imagery, and characterizations in non-Shakespearian озбзэ cinema The essays explore how Shakespeare and his work are manipulated within the popular media and explore topics such as racism, jealousy, misogyny and nationality The submissions concentrate on film and television programs that are adaptations of Shakespearean plays, including My Own Private Idaho, CSI-Miami, A Thousand Acres, Prosperos Books, O, 10 Things I Hate About You, Withnail andI, Get Over It, and The West Wing Each chapter includes notes and a list of works cited A full bibliography completes the work; it is divided into bibliographies and filmographies, general studies and essays, derivatives based on a single play, derivatives based on several, and derivatives based on Shakespeare as a character.  От издателя2004 г 200 стр ISBN 0786419091.