I found a porn DVD someone dropped on the bus

[Biotop]

Originally Posted by Hal Holly

Thus the existence of a modern media performance does not preclude the existence of an earlier presentation.

But that is not your argument as I understand it. If the bulk of NBH3 predates Lear, then the modern devices (plot and otherwise) that are such an integral part of the DVD erotic production would necessarily have had to exist in some form prior to 1606. Clearly they did not. Thus it follows that for your inane theory to be correct, there must have been an earlier source production for both works that was more NBH3 and less King Lear. I do not see how this might be possible, irregardless of how many DVDs of modernized PBS-friendly Shakespearean sagas exist at the public library.

Consider this from King Lear:

Cordelia: "I cannot heave my heart into my mouth."

and this from NBH3:

Cordelia: "I cannot help but heave your part into my mouth, big boy."

The term "big boy" would not have been used in the seventeenth century.

Furthermore, the Duke of Albany in NBH3 is from New York. 'Nuff said.

[DKW]

In my younger, more emotional days, I would've treated such a find like winning the lottery.

Since then, I've learned the hard way that at least 80% of commercial adult video is about as erotic as a toxic chemical spill (and sometimes looks like it). I am now VERY particular in what I decide to keep and probably wouldn't even look at some random lost item on a bus.

"Naughty"? Pah. Red flag. Pass.

[hogarth]

Originally Posted by DKW

In my younger, more emotional days, I would've treated such a find like winning the lottery.

Indeed. My first reaction was outrage that an adult (I presume the original poster is an adult) would pick up something that would be worth so much to a starry-eyed young lad.

But then it occurred to me that starry-eyed young lads can just rustle up all the filth they could ever want on the internet nowadays. I was born in the wrong era...

EDIT: I can't comment on how accessible pornography is to the average Trinidadian teenager, though.

[Nawth Chucka]

The bus driver called - your DVD is overdue.