Well, Shakespeare is known for his writing. Do you know every face of every writer you like? Sonic is a character, not a writer. Weird comparison.
Glad I’m not the only one. I was just thinking, “I have no idea what Shakespeare looks like,” other than the caricature of him they do in TV shows.
The only way I recognize Shakespeare as Shakespeare is the giant collars he wears that seem to be in every picture of him.
You’re thinking of Lil’ Nas X.
The only author whose face I would reliably recognise would be Rowling, and that’s because she’s constantly in the news for being a hateful Terf. I haven’t read any of her books.
I’d probably recognise Pratchett as well.
But yes, I’m not sure what you’d expect.
Not sure I’d recognize Rowling outside of context, but I’d definitely recognize George R. R. Martin, despite never having read or watched anything he’s made. He’s got a very distinct look.
Well he does look like a writer. If you just saw him in the street and didn’t otherwise know who he was your general assumption would be that he was some kind of writer or artist.
He really does, now that you mention it.
You’d probably recognize Steven King also, but yeah the list is extremely small for everyone
You never know for sure if its King or Koontz tho.
Everyone mentioned so far is also a recent writer who actually has photographs available.
Is there any photograph available from Shakespeare? I am a bit oblivious now when that technology started and if Shakespeare had access to it. Otherwise there are only drawings available and I think we all have seen how different the same person can look on historic documents.
There are no photographs of Shakespeare. He lived way before the invention of photography.
As far as I understand there is a painting that might be of him, but it’s difficult because it doesn’t say “this is a painting of Shakespeare” on the bottom. It’s just a painting of a random man who probably was Shakespeare, but we don’t have proof.
Even if the painting is of him we are assuming that it’s an accurate painting.
I knew what he used to look like but that was 20 years ago.
Idk, I don’t think most people would be able to name him if they were shown his picture without context
Sonic appears in many languages and appeals to children. Most kids dont understand Shakespeare
Forsooth I bite my thumb at thee.
So, Lion King…
I think my first memories of seeing Shakespeare’s face was on a credit card hologram? The only image I can find is this:
But maybe it’s a false memory.
Looks like a bird to me…
… Sorry, couldn’t resist.
Typical gen z! 🙄
Jk
“The younger generation recognizes 100+ Pokémon but almost no domestic bird. “
Yeah, most birds don’t spout their own name constantly though. Imagine a dove yelling “Dove! Dove!” while shitting on your head.
The humble cuckoo:
The not so humble Grey go-away-bird:
Pretty much every native NZ bird is named after the sound it makes.
First (& very common) bird I looked up seems to be the exception?
Fantail / pīwakawaka Known for its friendly ‘cheet cheet’ call and energetic flying antics, the fantail is one of the most common and widely distributed native birds on the New Zealand mainland.
Yeah but they have a tail which looks like a fan. Not the same but also quite a descriptive name.
I think the majority of animals have descriptive names. However the discussion isn’t even in the vicinity of whether the names are descriptive.
In addition to all the other comments on how this is just Gen A hating on Gen A+1, it’s pretty easy to miss possibly the biggest reason Sonic stands out: he’s fucking BLUE
Also those new movies were a lot more fun than they had any right to be.
Ngl I like this. A+1. Now do we go B+1 and continue from there or A+[1-255] first?
Only until A+F, it’s obviously hexadecimal.
Sonic appears in multiple languages. Shakespeare only wrote in English.
*Klingon
It really is a shame that Shakespeare’s works were never translated.
Im not sure it has the same value or impact but then again Im not literate at that level in any language that Shakespeare would be translated into as I have a child’s grasp on Spanish.
Native speakers of modern versions of English don’t initially have a great grasp of the English used in Shakespeare’s texts either. It takes a little extra focusing and effort to get a grip on for even the smartest Shakespeare newbies.
Time to make a really bangin’ Shakespeare video game.
It should be a strand-type game.
Yeah, that’ll really capture the young audience.
Is this purely a visual comparison of appearance or also work like “to be or not to be”
Or did they simply ask. “Do you know who x is” and take peoples word for it if they say yes.
This might come as a shock to you, but I don’t know what Michelangelo looks like and I don’t think I would recognize him. I can however name all the most prolific furry artists of our time.
This might come as a shock to you, but I don’t know what Michelangelo looks like and I don’t think I would recognize him
He’s the one with the orange mask and the nunchucks
We have a handful of portraits of one, and hours of animated material of the other. Who do you think gets looked at more? If that survey was actually conducted that was a huge waste of time.
*quits phd*
If you dug up shakespeare, I wouldn’t recognize him either and I’m a millennial.
So funny when they try to present something expected as “see how the new generations are”.
We only have one portrait which is likely to be of Shakespeare. It’s fairly common on books and articles, but I wouldn’t expect a casual theatre fan to immediately recognize it.
But I would expect a casual gaming fan to immediately recognize Sonic, even if they’ve never played any of the games.Sonic appeals to kids in a way that Elizabethan English tends not to.
Realistically, is that a bad thing? Who cares what he looked like. Plenty of people don’t recognize people like Socrates, DaVinci, etc. does it matter if people can recognize them?
I can’t remember there was a Shakespeare videogame. But I played Sonic The Hedgehog from it’s first releases.
I guess I haven’t missed something.
Holy shit, people are more aware of things relevant to the time they live in and the things they actively take part in than things from literally hundreds of years ago that are difficult to establish as relevant in a modern society because it has no tangible relevance to the current era?! THE CHILDREN ARE DAMNED!
Seriously, is there anything more to these lines of thought than a fear of being outdated?
as it should be. what kid is reading shakespeare?
The most common cut off I’m seeing for Gen Z is 2012, so by that metric they’re at least 13 years old. I don’t know about school curricula these days, but I’d say all but the youngest 2-3 years have had a decent chance of having Shakespeare as a school assignment.
My niece is 9 (Year 4) and studying Macbeth. We didn’t do that until Year 10, I think. We did Romeo and Juliet in Year 8.
Wtf is “recognize shakespeare”?
No one knows who he was let alone what he looked like. Some people suggest that it was even possibly more than one person.
Also his writing more or less sucks. Id rather go fast any day.
Also his writing more or less sucks.
That’s a skill issue.
