I think I have said this before but every once in a while I think about this great production of Shakespeare's Julius Caeser. It was a "use modern tech props" show and one of the set pieces was just this normal guy in the back ground who was working at a desk computer. Even as Rome went through a massive crisis and bloody war he just kept working. That image of the guy working at his computer and sometimes responding with frustrated hand gestures to actions on stage stuck with me.

I mean the context of Julius Caeser, which we know Shakespear knew about, was that Rome had already had a hundred years of increasing strife and instability with an increasing instability in government including multiple armies marching on Rome.

However, this play was done during the 00's and I think there was a commentary on the frustration of regular people to respond to government policy and that regular people just had to keep living in unstable times.

Sign in to participate in the conversation
Awoo Space

Awoo.space is a Mastodon instance where members can rely on a team of moderators to help resolve conflict, and limits federation with other instances using a specific access list to minimize abuse.

While mature content is allowed here, we strongly believe in being able to choose to engage with content on your own terms, so please make sure to put mature and potentially sensitive content behind the CW feature with enough description that people know what it's about.

Before signing up, please read our community guidelines. While it's a very broad swath of topics it covers, please do your best! We believe that as long as you're putting forth genuine effort to limit harm you might cause – even if you haven't read the document – you'll be okay!