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The first time I was thrown out of high school, it was for standing up in the middle of english class and proudly stating "Shakespeare is shit". I've long since seen the error in this proclamation, however, If old William were alive and kicking today he might very well stand up on the mount a solemnly declare "this adaptation of my play OTHELLO is shit". I'm not fond of the ever growing trend to take Shakespeare's plays and put them in different time frames and with the case in hand, adapting Othello to the world of college basketball in modern day is just plain ludicrous. Yes, some may say anything that can get kids in to W.S. these days is a good thing but to take one of his most controversial works and dilute it to tweenie pablum is just cause for an old fashioned beheading. Avoid it even more than you avoided reading it back in your school days!