Written by Leigh Kolb First, allow this to sink in: Laurence Fishburne was the first black actor to play Othello in a major film production of Shakespeare’s Othello. In 1995.  One of the reasons Shakespeare’s texts are so timeless is that we can’t figure out how to evolve. Othello (written around 1603) is about racism, jealousy, … Continue reading Classic Literature Film Adaptations Week: Shades of Feminism in ‘Othello’