William Shakespeare, Quentin Tarantino or Lena Dunham

[John Dibble]

Shakespeare's works have been remembered centuries after his death, and not just a few of them. BRTD insists that he's boring, but considering he was successful in a day when if you made a boring play the audience would actually throw rotten vegetables at the stage he doesn't have much of a case. As for funny, the tragedies and dramas are of course not going to be funny, but he did a number of comedies as well. I remember seeing The Taming of the Shrew in middle school and it was hilarious. I honestly doubt BRTD has even seen more than a couple of Shakespeare's works, so I don't know why he thinks he's in a position to judge.

Tarantino makes good stuff, but aside from a few key works I doubt most of it will be remembered in the long term.

I hadn't heard of Dunham before now and haven't seen anything she's done, so I can't comment on her. I doubt she'll be remembered at all.

[John Dibble]

Don't get me wrong, I respect Shakespeare's contributions to the English language and no doubt accept that he is the undisputed king of literature, but his works are simply not for me and I don't find much enjoyment in reading them.

He was a playwright. His primary works were really meant to be watched, not read. Imagine reading the script to Pulp Fiction - how many of the scenes would have the same dramatic impact in written format?