She insisted on starting freshmen off with Julius Ceasar. SNOOOORE.
But it's fun to point out the glaring anachronisms!
"You mean they had giant clocks in ancient Rome?"
"They sure did!"
Whatever happened to the still beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore.
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Spike's Bitches 32: I think I'm sobering up.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Polter-Cow - Oct 24, 2006 10:44:05 am PDT #8571 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Cashmere - Oct 24, 2006 10:47:09 am PDT #8572 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I agree with Midsummer Night's Dream as a good starter for that age.
Laga - Oct 24, 2006 10:48:42 am PDT #8573 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Everybody loves a guy in a donkey head
Jessica - Oct 24, 2006 10:50:29 am PDT #8574 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I couldn't stand Dream when we read it in 7th grade, and I pretty much still can't. I'm not a huge fan of the comedies in general -- I just don't think they're funny. The comedic bits in the tragedies and history plays are much funnier.
Scrappy - Oct 24, 2006 10:51:47 am PDT #8575 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
The comedies play funnier than they read.
Amy - Oct 24, 2006 10:52:52 am PDT #8576 of 10000
Because books.
From the sublime (Shakespeare) to the ridiculous (remakes) -- the remake of Psycho is on SciFi and it is beyond pointless. It really is the same exact movie, shot for shot. What the hell? Why bother?
Jessica - Oct 24, 2006 10:54:31 am PDT #8577 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The comedies play funnier than they read.
Eh, some of them. I've never seen a Dream onstage I've liked either.
My issue is the same one I have with most modern comedies -- 99% of the time, all the mistaken identity confusion could be solved by one simple conversation that the characters go to extreme lengths to avoid having. It's tiresome after the umpteenth identical plot.
Sean K - Oct 24, 2006 10:54:43 am PDT #8578 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I kind of get it. It's like going to a museum and trying to reproduce a drawing or painting, using the same technique the artist used. I can believe that Van Sant truly wanted to and did learn about his craft from doing it.
For the rest of us, it is rather like watching someone study.
Laga - Oct 24, 2006 10:55:39 am PDT #8579 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I never understood the point of shot-for-shot remakes. I am dying to get my hands on the fan version of Raiders of the Lost Ark however. It was made by a bunch of friends over a period of (I think) ten years!
Sean K - Oct 24, 2006 10:57:48 am PDT #8580 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I've never seen a Dream onstage I've liked either.
I've seen one I liked, but the lovers (with the identity switching) were the weakest part. It had a really good Puck -- the girl was quite obviously a gymnast, and gave this great physical, aggressive, snarky performance with dive rolls and hanging off the set in weird ways, instead of the breezy, swaying, "I'm a fairie," sort of thing you usually see. It was the lynchpin of the show. And the Rude Mechanicals were laughable, lovable dorks.