Wednesday, September 2, 2015

OMG Shakespeare - Innovative or Idiotic?

OMG is right. Have you seen this? Someone butchered classic works of literature. I'm talking timeless treasures from the Lord Bard himself, William Shakespeare.
Juliet: Srsly U R so hawt.
Romeo: IKR?
However, this is not the first time someone has altered a Shakespearean work. Let us review:

While the above works were inspired by Shakespeare, they all retain a certain amount of literary integrity. They respect basic elements of literature such as spelling and grammar. The OMG series, on the other hand, fails to do that. Here's an example of what you can expect from OMG Shakespeare:

So what do you think? Are the "greatest stories ever told from the greatest playwright of all time in emoji" an innovative attempt to gain popularity with the current generation of teenagers? Or are they just idiotic?

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