William Shakespeare, Quentin Tarantino or Lena Dunham

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A big reason Shakespeare comes across as boring is that it has often been performed so boringly.  I've been watching the excellent Shakespeare Uncovered series (which you can watch here). The Shakespeare's Globe performances they excerpt on there are very expressive as opposed to some of the more staid recitations.

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A big reason Shakespeare comes across as boring is that it has often been performed so boringly.

I think very few people can understand the language today.  Its rather like listening to people from the North of England talking - you get some very rough idea what is going on, but it isn't fun after about five minutes.

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Biggest waste of high school. And that says a lot. He gets crazy respect because he's old.  The iambic pentameter is an impressive feat, but it's also a pretty stupid literary device that I find very distracting. It's like somebody is dribbling a basketball during every play. His storytelling isn't all that imaginative. He took a lot of ideas from others, as the idea of plagiarism wasn't yet a thing.  

Having unoriginal story elements does not make storytelling unimaginative.  It's in the combination, the use of perspective, theme, dramatic presentation, etc.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

A big reason Shakespeare comes across as boring is that it has often been performed so boringly.

I think very few people can understand the language today.  Its rather like listening to people from the North of England talking - you get some very rough idea what is going on, but it isn't fun after about five minutes.

^^^^^^^
Biggest waste of high school. And that says a lot. He gets crazy respect because he's old.  The iambic pentameter is an impressive feat, but it's also a pretty stupid literary device that I find very distracting. It's like somebody is dribbling a basketball during every play. His storytelling isn't all that imaginative. He took a lot of ideas from others, as the idea of plagiarism wasn't yet a thing.  

Having unoriginal story elements does not make storytelling unimaginative.  It's in the combination, the use of perspective, theme, dramatic presentation, etc.

So would you consider Avatar an original piece of storytelling?

i never saw it. why?

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A big reason Shakespeare comes across as boring is that it has often been performed so boringly.

I think very few people can understand the language today.  Its rather like listening to people from the North of England talking - you get some very rough idea what is going on, but it isn't fun after about five minutes.

^^^^^^^
Biggest waste of high school. And that says a lot. He gets crazy respect because he's old.  The iambic pentameter is an impressive feat, but it's also a pretty stupid literary device that I find very distracting. It's like somebody is dribbling a basketball during every play. His storytelling isn't all that imaginative. He took a lot of ideas from others, as the idea of plagiarism wasn't yet a thing. 

Having unoriginal story elements does not make storytelling unimaginative.  It's in the combination, the use of perspective, theme, dramatic presentation, etc.

So would you consider Avatar an original piece of storytelling?

i never saw it. why?

It's quite known for a staggeringly unoriginal plot, but still had all the CGI and innovative visual effects and all. But the plot is as unoriginal as they come.

ok, but as Nathan suggested, there's more to storytelling than visual effects+what you can gather from a plot summary on wikipedia.