A writer for the local paper covering the Donna Adelson trial (the Adelsons seem to have worked together in some fashion to rid themselves of Dan Markel) is determined to raise this trashy tale all the way up to the level of Shakespearean tragedy. Repeatedly in his article, he compares the farkakte Adelsons to the Macbeths or something … But for starters you need to start out high and be brought low to have a tragedy, which is why although Bernie Madoff’s end in prison was awful, we do not say it was tragic cuz he started out every bit as scummy as he ended. I don’t think anyone said of Bernie’s demise O what a fall was there.
This is why when seeking literary analogues for America’s last all-engrossing blood-soaked family (the Murdaughs) we landed not on Shakespeare, but on William Faulkner, troubadour of trash.
The Adelson story is not The Tragedie of Charlie, Orthodontist of Boca. Yet “It was another day of Shakespearean Tragedy in Courtroom 3G in the State of Florida v. Donna Adelson… The facts and witnesses in this case have many twists and turns that are consistent with a well-written tragedy, Unfortunately, this is not fiction and the case is the result of a brutal and heinous murder. [SOS is not even going to bother with the illiteracy of the article.] In true Shakespearean fashion, Donna’s children could be the reason that she may spend the rest of her life in prison.”
Since Donna is closer to Linda Richman than King Lear, SOS is thinking Shakespearean analogies are non-starters.