Shakespeare & Co.'s Taming of the Shrew

So, as I said, we went out to Lenox to see the production of Taming of the Shrew.

Tina Packard, the founder and heart of Shakespeare and Company, hates the play, and so, any production they do has to be really damn good to make up for that. And this was really damn good.

Let's start by talking directly about the reason people hate this play. The first time I saw it, when I was in junior high school, I was a little less aware of how the Scientologists, and cults in general, and Guantanamo Bay, and so forth, work. I didn't know how brainwashing and psychological torture are done.
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