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Ben Jonson:
Politics? My play has nothing to do with politics. I-i-i-it's just a simple comedy. Earl of Oxford:
It showed your betters as fools who'd go through life barely managing to get food from plate to mouth were it not for the cleverness of their servants. All art is political, Jonson, otherwise it would just be decoration. And all artists have something to say, otherwise they'd make shoes. And you are not a cobbler, are you Jonson
Politics? My play has nothing to do with politics. I-i-i-it's just a simple comedy. Earl of Oxford:
It showed your betters as fools who'd go through life barely managing to get food from plate to mouth were it not for the cleverness of their servants. All art is political, Jonson, otherwise it would just be decoration. And all artists have something to say, otherwise they'd make shoes. And you are not a cobbler, are you Jonson
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Politics My play has nothing to do with politics
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It's just a simple comedy
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That showed your betters as fools who would barely get food
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from plate to mouth without the cleverness of their servants
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All art is political Jonson Otherwise it would just be decoration
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And all artists have something to say Otherwise they'd make shoes
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And you are not a cobbler are you Jonson
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Movie Summary
The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.
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Ben Jonson
Earl Of Oxford
