Before break we spent some time talking about dictionaries and how they are practically obsolete due to online versions of them and whatnot. A few days ago, I saw this on the tv, and thought it was quite relevant to our discussions--apparently the Encyclopedia Brittanica will be no longer issuing print editions. Anderson Cooper does make jokes about the whole thing (I especially love the Louis C.K clip), though I do think online encyclopedias have significant benefits.
Anderson Cooper's "The Ridiculist"
Hope everyone had a nice spring break!
The Immortality of Garrick
David Garrick, the eighteenth-century actor, playwright, and theater manager often credited with Shakespeare's 18th-century revival, is here lauded by a group of 17 actors in their favorite Shakespearean characters, as he is carried to his apotheosis
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