The line '227 Lears, and I can't remember the first line' is a quote from a film in the 80's called the dresser about an actor in the 40's who struggles to continue to act shakespeare in his theater group because of the London Blitz, the story kinda runs parallel to that of Shakepeare version of King Lear (it even has a 'fool').
The idea of the quote is in response to many people saying Shakespeare was not politically correct in the 80's and 90's therefore some of his plays should be altered to be more correct. This therefore would render the original plays (or to widen it out, pieces of art around the world) impotent. This ties in to the songs idea that political correctness while good, can be in many ways wrong, such as the idea as stated before that people are correct simply because the state says they have to be, but they wont be behind their backs, we're all guilty of it. However it also says that political correctness can go to far, like if a persons ethnic origin, culture and identity are disregarded and lost due to the country trying to hard to equalise people. It's a catch 22 :S
The line '227 Lears, and I can't remember the first line' is a quote from a film in the 80's called the dresser about an actor in the 40's who struggles to continue to act shakespeare in his theater group because of the London Blitz, the story kinda runs parallel to that of Shakepeare version of King Lear (it even has a 'fool').
The idea of the quote is in response to many people saying Shakespeare was not politically correct in the 80's and 90's therefore some of his plays should be altered to be more correct. This therefore would render the original plays (or to widen it out, pieces of art around the world) impotent. This ties in to the songs idea that political correctness while good, can be in many ways wrong, such as the idea as stated before that people are correct simply because the state says they have to be, but they wont be behind their backs, we're all guilty of it. However it also says that political correctness can go to far, like if a persons ethnic origin, culture and identity are disregarded and lost due to the country trying to hard to equalise people. It's a catch 22 :S