Reaction to Shakespeare -History

So history can be amusing...Interesting...

Well, for a play about a corrupt and murderous (not to mention incestuous) SOB, at least, it came out all right. Though really, I still found it a tad boring. The story is based loosely on history and rumor, but I doubt it was for that purpose. Frankly, a History in my opinion, is just a Tragedy sans emotion. At least this one is. But it certainly does bring to light the details of the time, and reflects a few things about all people. How many people in that time period killed or were killed in similar fashions or for similar reasons as were presented in the play? (In case you don't know, A LOT.) For Shakespeare, this was the equivalent of taking a step back and looking at the corrupted nature and track record of the government, if one could call it that, and giving an honest analysis of it. (And making a living at the same time.) There were terrible things going on, and the play was likely just a view of how things would have happened if the rumors were all true. I think there are PLENTY examples of this in our day and age. As much of a crude jerk Nixon was, he ended up doing a great deal of things for the American people. If Richard Nixon was a decent soul in the end, I doubt the real Richard the Third was any different. However, this novel was too much evil and trickery on one person. Frankly, to desire someone dead that long is going to wear you out in the end. It's just irritating. I am willing to bet that somebody in that audience stood up at the end and said "Finally!" or "Took ya long enough!" back in Shakespeare's time. Like today's documentaries; if you aren't seriously interested in what they're talking about, you are floating happily in your own little world. Good stuff, but a tad too consistent.