- It's a play and plays are meant to be seen and performed, not read
- It's too long
- Shakespeare is really dense
- He had read some of the other plays already
- He was depressed
- It was for a stagecraft class, it wasn't like he had to write a paper on it
- It was a shitty time in his life
- He watched the Mel Gibson movie
- It was a long, cold winter
- He gave it a shot but only made it through 20 pages
- It's overrated
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this is almost a mcsweeney's list. maybe it already is. maybe that was the point and I'm slow.
In format yes, but these were all actual excuses he offered within about a 15-minute interval as his other roommate (who is also his wife) and I grilled him about this omission. The truth behind McSweeney's lists, especially the longer ones, is to my mind always in a little doubt.
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