Take It From A Times Theater Critic: The Trump-To-Shakespeare Analogies Really Don't Work
Jesse Green: "I admit that I do it too. … But even these comparisons are reductive " in both directions. Shakespeare's characters are much richer and more readable than someone as unforthcoming as Trump. At the same time, we'd be lucky if he were merely Shakespearean; no made-up villain, even Iago, is as alarming as […]