oh man! I wanted to watch Hamlet too. Maybe I'll skip it.
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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."
le nubian - Apr 08, 2009 5:07:00 am PDT #8753 of 28420
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Frankenbuddha - Apr 08, 2009 5:18:27 am PDT #8754 of 28420
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Achilles has problems.
Didn't so many of the Greeks. I mean really - think about Oedipus. What a motherfucker!
Connie Neil - Apr 08, 2009 6:52:30 am PDT #8755 of 28420
brillig
I adored Branagh's Hamlet. There are some over the top bits, but for the first time the whole thing made sense. And you owe yourself to see Billy Crystal as the First Gravedigger. "Because, my lord, she's dead."
edit: And Charlton Heston really could act, not just rant about guns.
Kathy A - Apr 08, 2009 6:59:13 am PDT #8756 of 28420
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Billy Crystal is much better as the Gravedigger than Michael Keaton is as the guard in Much Ado, although the worst of all was Keanu as Don Juan.
Fred Pete - Apr 08, 2009 7:01:44 am PDT #8757 of 28420
Ann, that's a ferret.
although the worst of all was Keanu as Don Juan.
But Beatrice and Benedick were well cast. If you get that right, it's hard to get Much Ado too wrong.
Kathy A - Apr 08, 2009 7:07:20 am PDT #8758 of 28420
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I lovelovelove Emma Thompson as Beatrice! She's so terrific in the role--breezy, yet biting, and bitter as can be after her sister is wronged. And Branagh is great as Benedick. "If he were a dog to have howled thus, they would have hanged him."
Strega - Apr 08, 2009 7:09:04 am PDT #8759 of 28420
It's also a stunning argument for editing Shakespeare down for performance.
Ha!
I'm in the "couldn't sit through it" group. The age of the performers makes everything weirder. Like, maybe Ophelia went nuts because he's been leading her on for at least a decade. And why bother with the murder and mayhem when they'll all be dead of natural causes soon?
you owe yourself to see Billy Crystal as the First Gravedigger.
See, I feel like if one is committed to murder & mayhem, you should start with Billy Crystal and then move on to Robin Williams.
Jessica - Apr 08, 2009 7:11:47 am PDT #8760 of 28420
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm in the "couldn't sit through it" group. The age of the performers makes everything weirder. Like, maybe Ophelia went nuts because he's been leading her on for at least a decade. And why bother with the murder and mayhem when they'll all be dead of natural causes soon?
Hee. I'm with Strega and Juliana.
sumi - Apr 08, 2009 8:09:01 am PDT #8761 of 28420
Art Crawl!!!
Isn't there a website where you can search for book titles by their plots?
I mean, where you know what the book is about but can't recall the title?
Jessica - Apr 08, 2009 8:11:33 am PDT #8762 of 28420
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset