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Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."

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sj - Apr 07, 2009 12:56:45 pm PDT #8702 of 28431

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I'm actually planning on playing Branagh's version of Much Ado and giving the kids the script to follow. I think the brilliance in his adaptations is he took Shakespeare from sounding as if it was something that had to be enunciated to the back rrrrrrrrow and returned it to a more conversational, "real" cadence.

This is also an excellent idea. The only problem with some films, they cut out large sections of the text. I don't think that is as much of a problem with Branagh.

DavidS - Apr 07, 2009 1:13:04 pm PDT #8703 of 28431

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

But Odysseus is such a jerk.

Compared to Achilles?

Sophia Brooks - Apr 07, 2009 1:17:55 pm PDT #8704 of 28431

Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Achilles, what a heel!

Kathy A - Apr 07, 2009 1:25:07 pm PDT #8705 of 28431

We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I tried watching Olivier's Henry V, and since it was a filming of a stage production as opposed to a re-creation along the lines of Branagh's version, I just couldn't deal with it any more and turned it off.

Also, I love Jacobi's Chorus. "Oh, for a muse of fire that wouldst ascend the brightest heaven of invention."

Dana - Apr 07, 2009 1:29:23 pm PDT #8706 of 28431

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Compared to Achilles?

Achilles has problems.

No, Achilles is also a jerk. But I would much rather read about him being a jerk than Odysseus being all "Oh, woe, I wish I could get home to Penelope. Guess I'll have sex with Calypso to kill the time."

juliana - Apr 07, 2009 1:29:39 pm PDT #8707 of 28431

I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

The Branagh Henry V and Much Ado are good adaptations of the text. I don't mind some cutting, usually, because Master Shakespeare is occasionally digressive and overly enamored of the language.

DavidS - Apr 07, 2009 1:30:48 pm PDT #8708 of 28431

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

But I would much rather read about him being a jerk than Odysseus being all "Oh, woe, I wish I could get home to Penelope. Guess I'll have sex with Calypso to kill the time."

I don't really begrudge him that one. Besides, he only did that for like twenty years, right?

Dana - Apr 07, 2009 1:38:39 pm PDT #8709 of 28431

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Right. And then he got home, and to celebrate, he killed everyone. Party at Odysseus' house!

Scrappy - Apr 07, 2009 1:39:55 pm PDT #8710 of 28431

Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

OH, but the Olivier Henry changes from a stage production and transforms into real life. It's also a great contrast the the Branagh version. One is a stirring call to pride for an England suffering in the depths of WWII and one is a powerful and moving anti-war piece--and both serve the text beautifully.

Miracleman - Apr 07, 2009 1:41:07 pm PDT #8711 of 28431

No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

Party at Odysseus' house!

"Welcome home, dude! Where's the k--GUCH! DUDE! YOU STABBED ME! WHAT THE FUCK, DUDE? NOT COOL!

I brought...you...Heineken...you bastard..."

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