{"id":136374,"date":"2018-05-11T10:58:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T16:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136374"},"modified":"2018-05-11T10:58:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T16:58:45","slug":"a-palpable-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/11\/a-palpable-hit.html","title":{"rendered":"A Palpable Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today in bad cross-over ideas: Hamlet meets the Wizard of Oz. <\/p>\n<p>Pay no attention to the man behind &#8230; oh, dear.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; William Shakespeare (@Shakespeare) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shakespeare\/status\/994579833689604098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>RT @Shakespeare: Today in bad cross-over ideas: Hamlet meets the Wizard of Oz.<\/p>\n<p>Pay no attention to the man behind &#8230; oh, dear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today in bad cross-over ideas: Hamlet meets the Wizard of Oz. 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