excited for Henry times

[angevin2]

So I finally got a chance to watch the next installment of The Hollow Crown! I hadn't had a chance previously because I was visiting family, and then I kept getting distracted by the fact that Richard II was in the same file folder and I kept thinking "oh, hey, I could watch that again!" Plus it's been really good for taking my mind off of the

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[ambrmerlinus]

they leave out, for instance, Henry's use of decoys in the battle, which is a pointed comment on the changing nature of royal power, and also Hal's rescue of his father from the Douglas (who has, like, one line in this whole thing) where he's rewarded by learning of his father's assumption of parricidal expectations.

THE UNKINDEST CUT OF ALL imho. Seriously, still so mad.

Was rather amused that they went with the least gay staging of the first Hal/Falstaff scene possible

That... that was the least gay? Really!? Because all of the friends I watched it with are convinced that Falstaff/Hal/Poins are in some kind of queer December-May polyamorous triad, and that the tavern is a mollyhouse.

EYRE YOU BASTARD. I'LL HAVE A STARLING TAUGHT TO SPEAK NOTHING BUT [THAT SPEECH] AND GIVE IT YOU TO KEEP YOUR ANGER STILL IN MOTION.

lol

And Hiddleston's Jeremy Irons impression was so uncanny as to be seriously creepy

Hiddleston is disturbingly good at imitating people. Have you seen his Owen Wilson impression?

Also OH GOD I AM NOT READY FOR HAL TO REJECT FALSTAFF D: D: D:

[angevin2]

Because all of the friends I watched it with are convinced that Falstaff/Hal/Poins are in some kind of queer December-May polyamorous triad, and that the tavern is a mollyhouse.

Well, all of those things are completely accurate, but also, sometimes they do stuff like this. Or the production in Sydney where Hal gave Falstaff a blowjob onstage. So yeah, it can get substantially more gay than this production did it. ;)

[ambrmerlinus]

...oh my God.

Well now I just feel cheated.