tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post8554361480517334475..comments2024-01-05T06:18:18.086-05:00Comments on CommentaramaPolitics: If Not For Two Men...AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-66701568596603575742016-04-28T01:52:17.573-04:002016-04-28T01:52:17.573-04:00Critch,
Probably Hamlet.Critch, <br /><br />Probably Hamlet.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-57792749534268713132016-04-27T11:00:06.392-04:002016-04-27T11:00:06.392-04:00So which of the Bard's plays would be easiest ...So which of the Bard's plays would be easiest to adapt to a Bond film? I like Macbeth or Hamlet....Critchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106908233705403513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-61069396424364939332016-04-26T22:04:12.182-04:002016-04-26T22:04:12.182-04:00Special Notice: This thread is an election-free zo...<b>Special Notice</b>: This thread is an election-free zone. No discussions on the election, please!Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-9558847607109833362016-04-26T21:42:53.053-04:002016-04-26T21:42:53.053-04:00Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepherd did an episode of ...Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepherd did an episode of "Moonlighting" ala "The taming of the Shrew"..it was hilarious and inventive.....it ended with them singing..."We hate Iambic pentameter!"Critchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106908233705403513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-73343258024586704392016-04-26T21:04:31.426-04:002016-04-26T21:04:31.426-04:00Critch - "Where have you been? I've beame...Critch - "Where have you been? I've beamed and beamed!" Classic Shakespeare! ;-)BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-66617891076754696772016-04-26T20:55:28.272-04:002016-04-26T20:55:28.272-04:00That's a great scene! Dealing with actors who ...That's a great scene! Dealing with actors who have no clue about what they are saying or doing so rampant in Shakespeare Festival work. I hope you have time to finish the series. Just a hint...each season represents a different stage of life - Hamlet, the young man; MacBeth, the middle aged man; and King Lear the old man. It's so great!BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-33941846176819138302016-04-26T20:04:46.154-04:002016-04-26T20:04:46.154-04:00My two favorite lines:
"He set The Tempest i...My two favorite lines:<br /><br />"He set <i>The Tempest</i> in Nazi Germany. There were swastikas everywhere!" <br />"Everyone cries when they're stabbed." Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-46245732246699779342016-04-26T20:00:58.922-04:002016-04-26T20:00:58.922-04:00Bev,
I have seen the first season of Slings and A...Bev,<br /><br />I have seen the first season of <i>Slings and Arrows</i> and about half of the second season. This is probably my favorite scene: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0uVGCYRP4I" rel="nofollow">LINK</a>Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-47767766477292305102016-04-26T19:58:38.014-04:002016-04-26T19:58:38.014-04:00Critch,
Forbidden Planet is an amazing movie.Critch,<br /><br /><i>Forbidden Planet</i> is an amazing movie.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-771102316748767562016-04-26T12:31:50.465-04:002016-04-26T12:31:50.465-04:00"Forbidden Planet", The Tempest in space..."Forbidden Planet", The Tempest in space....Critchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106908233705403513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-50337114715232743362016-04-26T10:51:12.003-04:002016-04-26T10:51:12.003-04:00Sorry Kit, I have a knee-jerk reaction to any comb...Sorry Kit, I have a knee-jerk reaction to any combination of words that might mean that Shakespeare is sacred text. In fact the second half of your first quote says exactly the opposite of what I intrepeted it to mean.<br /><br />I have spent an entire career arguing with hard-core traditionists who believe that it is sacrilege to stray from traditional Elizabethan garb and who deem every word sacred. And who damn those to a firey pit of Hell for daring to "conceptualize"! The Horror!!!!<br /><br />Btw, if you've never watch the Canadian TV series "Slings and Arrows", it's really great. I highly recommend it when you have time.BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-43067845339217281922016-04-26T10:41:26.800-04:002016-04-26T10:41:26.800-04:00Andrew -There have been many movies, plays, musica...Andrew -There have been many movies, plays, musicals based on Shakespeare's plays because his themes of misguided revenge, jealousy, forbidden love, misguided love, mistaken identity and so on are easy to copy. Btw, Shakespeare did the same thing...he stole from the classics.BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-11038349795416215432016-04-26T02:23:08.400-04:002016-04-26T02:23:08.400-04:00Here was the next paragraph:
"The truly magi...Here was the next paragraph:<br /><br />"The truly magical quality of Shakespeare’s plays is that, as Harold Bloom once put it, whatever experiences we bring to them, they illuminate our experiences more than our experiences illuminate the plays. Whenever we read his words, they seem narrowly aimed at our circumstances. The same passage can speak to us in opposite ways at different moments in our lives. How this sorcery works I shall probably never understand; but, if you’re familiar with the canon, you’ll know what I mean."Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-55677685694561543012016-04-26T02:21:05.670-04:002016-04-26T02:21:05.670-04:00Bev,
Daniel Hannan was referring to a writer who ...Bev,<br /><br />Daniel Hannan was referring to a writer who said that Shakespeare would've voted for staying in the EU. Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-2689349049809509822016-04-26T02:19:36.353-04:002016-04-26T02:19:36.353-04:00I'll be posting more on Shakespeare this weeke...I'll be posting more on Shakespeare this weekend. And, no, two posts on Shakespeare in one week is not too many, if anything, it is too little considering this is the Bard we are talking about. As Ben Johnson said, "He was not of an age but for all time!"Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-33952695519815484082016-04-26T00:12:13.531-04:002016-04-26T00:12:13.531-04:00Bev, Several of Kurosawa's samurai films are S...Bev, Several of Kurosawa's samurai films are Shakespearean plays. AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.com