At least, I liked what I saw of it in Dead Poet's Society.
Bah. I mean, sure, but they don't show you much in DPS, and make it seem a little somber.
It's a FUNNY FUNNY play. Very funny, and this is an excellent production of it.
Gunn: We open a can of Machiavelli on his ass. Harmony: It's Matchabelli, Einstein, and it doesn't come in a can.
'Soul Purpose'
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Sean K - Jul 27, 2007 8:31:26 am PDT #460 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
juliana - Jul 27, 2007 8:33:51 am PDT #461 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
At least, I liked what I saw of it in Dead Poet's Society.
....
Wait, you mean you've not seen a full production of Dream? Seriously?
Sean K - Jul 27, 2007 8:39:45 am PDT #462 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
juliana, I seriously wish you could get down here by Sunday night to catch it before it closes. I think you'd really dig it too.
The Mechanicals are really fantastic (though I think they gave the best performances opening weekend, and now they're hitting the notes they know get laughs too hard, trying to force it).
In this same interlude it doth befall
That I, one Snout by name, present a wall....
Aims - Jul 27, 2007 8:42:22 am PDT #463 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Wait, you mean you've not seen a full production of Dream? Seriously?
Nope. I've only seen, of Shakespeare, in play form ... thinks real hard
Much Ado About Nothing at Stratford.
And I didn't like it and couldn't understand it.
I'm not the biggest fan of Shakespeare which drives Sean to distraction and after I post this, he'll say that I'm wrong and if I just read it or saw a proper production I would be a fan.
Dana - Jul 27, 2007 8:43:07 am PDT #464 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
You should watch the movie version of Much Ado About Nothing with Branagh and Thompson. Many hot men in leather pants.
Kathy A - Jul 27, 2007 8:43:58 am PDT #465 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
And naked men with floppy bits on screen during the opening credits, too!
Sean K - Jul 27, 2007 8:45:34 am PDT #466 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'm not the biggest fan of Shakespeare which drives Sean to distraction and after I post this, he'll say that I'm wrong and if I just read it or saw a proper production I would be a fan.
No, I don't think you're wrong.
But your second prediction is correct. But only because badly performed Shakespeare is excruciating and impossible to understand, and a proper production makes all the difference in the world.
And reading it doesn't help. Especially if you've already been "meh" on Shakespeare. It's meant to be spoken aloud -- ETA: And delivered correctly.
It's like Joss dialog. Seriously.
juliana - Jul 27, 2007 8:48:05 am PDT #467 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
points at what Dana & Kathy & Sean said
Shakespeare is indeed made of awesome, but it takes seeing it to get it. Sometimes it takes living it to get it.
Aims - Jul 27, 2007 8:48:10 am PDT #468 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Maybe we'll hop up to Stratford. They're doing King Lear and Merchant of Venice now through October.
ETA: Ooooh! Graham Greene is playing Shylock. Neat!
Frankenbuddha - Jul 27, 2007 8:49:35 am PDT #469 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Maybe we'll hop up to Stratford. They're doing King Lear and Merchant of Venice now through October.
Shakespeare in Stratford? Unpossible!