Protest Too Much

Published: June 21, 2021, 10:14 p.m.

b"Stephanie Crugnola\\xa0is the creator and host of Protest Too Much, a Shakespeare Showdown podcast that pits Stephanie against performers, educators, and scholars in a weekly battle of Shakespearean comparisons, challenges, and 'best ofs'. Recently,\\xa0Stephanie debated with Austin Tichenor the question of what is \\u201cShakespeare\\u2019s Funniest Non-Comedy,\\u201d a conversation that lasted 45 minutes, and a 15-minute abridgment of which you can hear below.\\xa0Featuring: Shakespearean pet peeves; the danger of sleeping on the Histories; how Shakespeare is all about contrasts; backup from Samuel Johnson in 1765; the comedy of \\u2018sad-off\\u2019s; comparisons to Monty Python and The Death of Stalin; and how Shakespeare is the king of tentpole media! (Length 20:38)"