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[Link] Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your phones: how tech and shock jocks hacked Julius Caesar

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The new Sydney Theatre Company production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a “mad ride”, according to Guardian Australia reviewer Steve Dow – a production fizzing with viral imagery, TikTok rightwing conspiracy theorists, smartphone tech, Instagram wellness gurus and the unpredictable energ

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[Link] Hellbound: the South Korean death-fest that wipes the floor with Squid Game

Read: 27/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The easiest thing in the world would be to call Hellbound the new Squid Game. After all, they’re both South Korean dramas, they both deal in violent death and they’re both smash hits on Netflix.

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