Originally posted by Lynn S. M.:
My guess is that in RL, the show's writers just wanted them to attend something "with culture and didn't think through the implications." In the show's universe, I doubt Lex would try to send any messages like that to Lois until after they were married. My guess is that that show was just the one that happened to be playing at Metropolis' grandest theatre. (The only one Lex would deign to show his face in.)
At least it wasn't "The Taming of the Shrew."
Yes, at least. Even Lois wouldn't have let that pass unnoticed.
It would have been a much better analogy to have them see "Taming of the Shrew" than "Othello", being that the couple is in love at the end. In very different ways, both Lex and Clark "tamed" Lois. Lex by killing her spirit and Clark by loving her.
