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So, watching the “Atomic Shakespeare” episode of Moonlighting, I was reminded of how misogynistic the original Taming of the Shrew was. Which, of course, reminded me of antisemitism in The Merchant of Venice. What a lot of people don’t know is that racist, un-PC undertones existed in a lot of Shakespeare’s work, but were eventually weeded out by the time the plays hit the stage. So, for the first time, I present to you the original titles of some of the Bard’s greatest works.

Hamlet, the Dirty Fucking Dane

Much Ado About the Holocaust Never Happened

A Midsummer Night’s Klan Rally

Iago Plays a Hilarious Trick on Some Black Dude

Macbeth, the Dirty Fucking Scot

Alls Well That Ends With an Amendment Banning Gay Marriage

Romeo and Some Chick He Nailed and Totally Never Called Again