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Today on our show, Shakespeare sux.

Ira Glass May Hate Shakespeare, But He's Pretty Good At Reciting It

<blockquote class="tweet"><img src=""/><a class="screen-name url"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/480213585281298433/gmgzaZsx_normal.jpeg"/>Ira Glass@iraglass</a><a class="follow">Follow</a>@JohnLithgow as Lear tonight: amazing. Shakespeare: not good. No stakes, not relatable. I think I'm realizing: Shakespeare sucks.<a class="view-details">12:12 AM - 28 Jul 14</a><a class="reply-action twt-intent">Reply</a><a class="retweet-action twt-intent">Retweet</a><a class="favorite-action twt-intent">Favorite</a></blockquote>

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Ira Glass May Hate Shakespeare, But He's Pretty Good At Reciting It

Ira Glass threw some shade at Shakespeare and everybody got really worried about white people, who maybe felt like their two biggest idols were breaking up.

But actually, our main man Ira is a big fan of Willy the Shake.

For all his complaining, he does a pretty good King Lear.

He's the modern Shakespeare of our time, people. This is a very meta example of Ira using King Lear to express his feelings about King Lear.

But if you really want to hear how This American Life can make Shakespeare relatable, check out this classic episode Act V about a prison group performing Hamlet.