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For that matter, why do we read Shakespeare? They're plays. Watch them as plays or movies. If kids first exposure to Star Wars was by reading the script, they'd hate that, too, and they should.
I had to read Shakespeare, then read another book about how witty and clever it was to the people of the time, then write a report about how witty and clever it was, once I understood the historical context. My conclusion that having to explain jokes is the death of humor got me a C-.