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Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 17th November 2020

Dilbert//11539, first published six years ago on Tuesday 17th November 2020

Rewriting Shakespeare


Tags

author, play, sarcasm, writing, shakespeare, confidence, rewriting, plot, dialogue, drunk


Official transcript

Dogbert: My new hobby is rewriting shakespeare's plays so the sentences make sense. He had some good plot ideas, but I think he was drunk when he wrote the dialogue.

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

MY NEW HOBBY IS REWRITING SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS SO THE SENTENCES MAKE SENSE.

HE HAD SOME GOOD PLOT IDEAS, BUT I THINK HE WAS DRUNK WHEN HE WROTE THE DIALOGUE.

ADMIRE YOUR CONFIDENCE.

"WHERE AROMEO?"

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Title: "Romeo's Revenge"

Summary:

  • The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled character with a red shirt, sitting at a desk with a laptop.
  • A woman, wearing a black headscarf and glasses, sits across from him.
  • The conversation begins with the woman expressing her hobby of rewriting Shakespeare's plays to make the sentences more sense.
  • Dilbert is skeptical, but she assures him that she has some good plot ideas.
  • However, she reveals that she was drunk when she wrote the dialogue, and Dilbert is unimpressed.
  • The woman then asks Dilbert if he admires her confidence, and he responds with a sarcastic comment about her lack of self-awareness.
  • The punchline of the comic strip is that the woman is unaware of her own flaws and is instead focused on her perceived strengths.

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