alt Hacker News> It isn't that it isn't enjoyable, but it just isn't enjoyable in the same way. How often do you view the jokes in shakepear's work as raunchy or sexual? Do you think younger teens get the jokes? Do you think anyone explains it to them?
Yes... my own recounting of freshman high school English (it was the late 80s) https://everything2.com/node/1207826
You had a great teacher. I learned something today :P
But I think that affirms the GP's point. The jokes needed explanation, which is what you'd expect when the audience is from a different culture and don't understand them natively.