What did you think of "Othello"?

I especially liked the bit where the dog killed the servant with a broom handle.

You know, I liked it, but I don't remember enough about it to really say why. Maybe because Laurence Fishburne just generally kicks ass.

I liked it, but mostly because I really like Laurence Fishburne.

this really was a Very bad survey. i'm sorry. i should just stop it until i get better. sometimes i feel like R&G... all i can do is ask questions and they aren't even the correct ones

I thought Branagh's performance was a little overwrought at times (a prelude to his _Hamlet_) but Laurence Fishburne was awesome and the rest of the cast solid. The sex scenes were really hot.

I'm rating this as a bad survey because I don't think SC is a valid tool for research nor should it be attempted to be used as such.

It is a long time since I saw it, but I remember having long and detailed conversation about the handkerchief part and what sort of betrayal was going on there. Unfortunately, I can't remember the conclusion. Sorry.

jonathan: go grab an MLA handbook. you'll see that any survey done in ANY place is a valid tool... if it applies. and it -does-. i wanted "popular" opinion, and i'm getting it, aren't i?

I think Othello was a pretty good strategic game, but never really played it enough to master it.

I used to have it on Atari.

I think it's totally valid to use SC as a research tool, especially when you are up-front about the fact that you are trying to gather data. If people don't like it, they don't have to answer the survey. It makes me happy to see people taking their work (school assignment?) seriously and being innovative in finding places to look for answers. I would be very sad if SC was a forum where learning was discouraged in any way.

Disclaimer: the survey creator should always be clear when they are using a survey for research; it would not be cool for someone to use things people said on SC without their consent.

The first Iago I ever saw was Bob Hoskins. Don't remember the production but he was really sinister and loveable at the same time.

It was fabulous!

I liked it, but I saw it too long ago to really remember what was particularly good about it. I've seen it on stage at the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, and that performance was great, too.

jaff - R&G??

Enheduanna : I guess my opinion on using SC for schoolwork depends on how it's being used. If it's a substitute for thinking or doing research yourself, I'm against it. If the goal is to get a variety of experiences or opinions, I guess that's ok.

gilly: if someone was lazy enough to use SC as a tool to supplement their own thought processes, i doubt the idea would come to them in the first place. i doubt they would realize there is something else besides a book to look in and i severly doubt that they would be researching anything like Othello of their own free will when given such a broad topic as "write about anything you want to"... as a matter of fact, i doubt they would have read -or- seen it b/c the Other jerks in my class are writing about crap like pro-wrestling. thank you for your unhelpful comment, by the way.

JUST SO ALL OF YOU KNOW, IF I -DO- USE sc AS A RESOURCE, YOU WILL BE INFORMED WELL AHEAD OF TIME AND I WON'T QUOTE ANYTHING UNTIL I HAVE YOUR CONSENT OR THAT OF BILL. THANK YOU

SueBee: its a play by Tom Stoppard-- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead remember them from Hamlet?

gilly: I guess I think that using SC to gather information is thinking and doing research for yourself. Why is it any different than finding some journal article or something?

Enheduanna: I believe it is "different" for gilly b/c gilly is assuming that I'm a lazy low brow with my eyes on having someone write my paper for me. >:0[

I don't mind if people use Survey Central as a resource. I would mind if they quoted my comments elsewhere without my permission.

The WELL used to have a good policy: "you own your words" - no one else could legally do anything with them without your permission.

jaff - Ah yes, R & G are great characters.

Wow, that's a big font. ...and, hey, that's my name up there in a big font. I'm famous!

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaY bill! *pom-poms*

*eyes bug out when she sees jaffy's pom poms*

silver-studded pom-poms a' that. [flex] we "cheerleaders" take our "work" seriously

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
gimme a B
gimme an O
gimme an O
gimme a B

Jaff: Since you gave no information about the assignment, I could easily imagine that the teacher said "Write your opinion on Othello" and you were planning to use our comments as your answer. And I was predisposed to think you were being lazy because when you originally posted the question you indicated that were unclear on the spelling of the actors names but didn't take the trouble to look them up. Plus, if you had bothered to check out the resource I provided a reference to, you would have seen that it had user comments, not just professional reviews. Since you totally blew off my original attempt to be helpful, I really don't see why I should try to help you now. (If none of this makes sense to other readers, check the comments in the advanced stats.)

gilly: no, i actually did not blow you off, thank you. i went where you directed me, but gathering a range of one certain format of resources is what one does when doing research, and they narrow down from there. perhaps something someone in SC would have been better. i didn't explain the assignment b/c i've been moaned at here before about going into too much detail. it doesn't really matter too much -what- i do. there will always be a jerk like you ready to jump on me b/c i'm "new". well get OVER it, darling. they survey has been accomplished despite your disgusting little worry over it. i'm SO very sorry i didn't fall on your feet amidst a legion of dancing mormons to thank you. i've got more important things to worry about than being nice to some jerk who sliced me on the first go.

you didn't want to help me at all in the first place, you just wanted to seem vastly more intelligent to someone who you thought was a feeb and now you can't handle the fact that it backfired in your face. i didn't take the time to look up the spelling of the actors names (one out of four, i may add, that i had wrong by one letter) b/c i have SEEN THE FILM and many other shakespeare films umpteen million times and thought i had it write, but had no bloody time to sit here and go through the internet trying to find the achingly correct spelling b/c i had a CLASS to go to. oh, how shocking is that? the lazy girl actually -goes- to classes!

jaff: My concern is if someone is trying to use SC as a representative sample of a population, which it is not for any population than "internet users." If SC is just being referenced as a source of information and is not the only source, I don't have any particular issues.

jonathan: i think i've been saying that the whole time i've been typing these humongously abnoxious rants. i have never EVER only used one lousy resource on a paper. i've never even CITED just one resource that i've looked at. that's Not how to write an essay.

jaff- wow, you really just don't know gilly at all! I'm sure glad I do, though, she's a really neat person.

I always turn to her when I need a good, sensible second opinion on something I'm working on- I know she'll do her best to see my intent and make helpful comments on it to help me realize my goal. Or she'll tell me honestly if she doesn't have time to put into it. And I've never in how many years, ever seen her put someone down just to make herself feel better. (Of course, these aren't the only reasons I like her- they're just the relevant ones here).

Thanks, Topper. I'm sorry that Jaff seems to have formed that opinion of me, and I'm not quite sure where she got it from, but I'm glad to find that I don't care enough to fight it out over SC and make everyone else deal. Jaff, if you want to take it up privately, my email is gilly@apocalypse.org. If you don't, that's fine too.

gilly: no, darling. i was only responding to you. i'm not that interested, truly. i just refuse to sit by while being insulted. fin