Was Shakespeare, Shakespeare?

Or was he Christopher Marlowe? Is this just an issue to keep Shakespearean Scholars employed? Is this a matter of literary life and death? Is this like the pursuit of the Loch Ness Monster, or the Sasquatch or Big Foot? Was Christopher Marlowe really a spy whose death was faked, and once faked, he continued writing under William Shakespeare's name?

Or in the end, does it really matter who wrote these plays with some of the largest working vocabulary and metaphors in them than anyone else has written? (that I know of: I'm not a scholar) Personally, I think it's like claiming that aliens were responsible for the building of the pyramids the world over, and all technological advances in the Ancient world. Just because a huge number of plays were written that *we* consider pure gold, doesn't mean that it was not that one person who wrote them! Unless, of course, Shakespeare was a pseudonym for a group of writer/producers, like "The Boys at Bridge" or something like that, and then streamlined under one writer (like Roddenberry did on Star Trek, and infinitely better show, in the end, it can be argued).

What do YOU think?

Coraline

No spoilers here.

You must go see it. The animation is wonderful, the story sticks pretty much to the book with only a few changes, minor ones, and the main character of Coraline is a terrific girl about my daughter's age...that captures that age *perfectly*. Neither of my kids were scared, except perhaps at the sight of one of the old burlesque ladies in pasties and a bikini bottom, but it wasn't salacious. And then you get to see how they looked in their prime (stunning and graceful) and see that even old folks had their Days, too.

Colorful, moves right along and yes! Go see it!