unfortunatly, Pirate cars wouldn't work, fortunately, The Merchant of Venice was awesome

I was going to point out how sails on cars wouldn't actually work, but Nat already did that. It would only work when the wind is going FASTER than your car (which are pretty darn high winds), and when the wind is at least somewhat coming from behind you.

This means that most people wouldn't use their sails more than two times a year, the cost of installation would quickly dwarf that.


Now, about The Merchant of Venice. It was an awesome play.

One of the people in the talk-back asked some question about the play being anti-semitic. I hadn't noticed this. Sure the Jews didn't look too good, but neither did the Christians. They both hated each other and wanted nothing more than each others complete and total eradication. At the end when Portia decides to spare Shylock's life, Antonio and Bassanio's friends are displeased with this, they want him dead.

Everybody is ruthless.

Another person asked if Portia's demand that Shylock become a Christian was mercy or revenge. The general consensus among the actors was that it was revenge.

After some thought I noted it was about Baptism. Because we have been saved from death by Christ's death on the cross, we are Christians. Because Shylock was saved from death, he is a Christian.

...and the Law and the Gospel, how many times did Shylock say, "It is what The Law demands!" The Law demands death.

It was an awesome play.