{"id":285,"date":"2007-07-30T20:24:33","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T00:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/285"},"modified":"2013-09-01T13:40:26","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T18:40:26","slug":"more-from-the-onion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/285","title":{"rendered":"More from <em>The Onion<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"onion_embed headline\"><a class=\"img\" target=\"theonion\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/node\/39694?utm_source=Distributed&#038;utm_medium=Embedded%2BHTML&#038;utm_campaign=Widgets\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/files\/images\/onion_opinion558.article.jpg\" alt=\"Shakespeare Was, Like, The Ultimate Rapper\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a target=\"theonion\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content?utm_source=Distributed&#038;utm_medium=Embedded%2BHTML&#038;utm_campaign=Widgets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/themes\/onion\/assets\/logos\/onion_super_tiny.png\" width=\"92\" height=\"12\" alt=\"The Onion\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"font-size:default!important;line-height:default!important;\"><a target=\"theonion\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/node\/39694?utm_source=Distributed&#038;utm_medium=Embedded%2BHTML&#038;utm_campaign=Widgets\" >Shakespeare Was, Like, The Ultimate Rapper<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"embed_teaser\">As an English teacher, I have to make The Bard resonate with today&#8217;s youth. 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