Day 01 - A Show That Should Never Have Been Cancelled
Yeah, it's the obvious one, the one everyone talks about, but... It's also the good answer. Firefly. It was funny and smart and perfectly cast. It had an interesting story and engaging characters, the world was well-fleshed out... It was an awesome awesome show. And maybe it would've suffered ( Read more... )

Day #30: Your Favorite Single LineLast day! Tune in tomorrow as I begin the 30 Days of TV meme! (Because posting every day is actually good for me ( Read more... )

Day #29: Your Favorite SonnetY'know, I was composing a whole long post about how I like 18 ("Shall I compare thee...") and 23 ("As an unperfect actor on the stage...") and 14 ("Not from the stars...") and 38 ("How can my Muse want...") and the language and all, before coming around to my actual favourite, 121. And then a combination of the Edo ( Read more... )

Day #28: Your Favorite Joke
I confess, I have spent all day thinking about this prompt and I am coming up resolutely blank. It's not that I don't find Shakespeare funny, or witty, it's just... I don't think of him writing jokes as such. Ergo, I have decided on a Shakespeare anecdote which is a particular favourite of mine ( Read more... )

Day #27: Your favorite couplet
Honestly, my favourite couplet is from the end of Sonnet 121.
Unless this general evil they maintain
All men are bad and in their badness reign

I have no excuse.

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Picking up where I left off before my epic weekend of Shakespeare...
Day #26: Your Favorite Couple
This one's a gimme. Beatrice and Benedick, one of the rare Shakespeare couples I actually feel have a chance in hell. Also, they're smart and snarky and don't put up with each other's bull.

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Day #24: An Actor or Actress You Would Love to See in a Particular Role
Okay, I was actually discussing this with ladybretagne. I want to see (here read: WORK ON) Hamlet with Jamie Bamber as Hamlet and Douglas Sills as Claudius/Ghost of Hamlet Sr. It would be the most awesome thing ever and I would curl up in my Shakespeare happy place forever and ever. I ( Read more... )

Day #23: A Role You've Never Played But Would Love to Play
There are three big ones. Beatrice - Much Ado About Nothing (which is never gonna happen, because fat girls don't get Shakespeare leads), Paulina - Winter's Tale (could happen. The snarky wise woman is sometimes an option), and the Chorus - Henry V. I would be ecstatic to play the Chorus. ( Read more... )

Day #22: An Underrated Play
I consider most of the so-called "Problem Plays" less out and out problematic than several of the more regularly canonized plays (see yesterday re: Merchant and Othello) In particular, I think Winter's Tale is quite underdone, as well as Troilus & Cressida.

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Day #21: An Overrated Play
It's hard for me to say that any Shakespeare play is overrated. From an educational standpoint, I think Lear taught in high school is taught too early. I find it very odd that Merchant of Venice and Othello are among the most taught plays, they're such issue plays. But that's just me.

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