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lareinenoire

Right. I'm a sheep. There we go.

Jul 20, 2010 22:30

I don't watch enough television for those TV memes, so I am going to do the Shakespeare one that has been going round.

My one caveat: I am indecisive. No, seriously. I am. Most of these questions will have at least two answers if not possibly more. I am just like that.

Day #1: Your favourite play

( Short Answer: Othello and Richard III )

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jesterjoker July 21 2010, 05:14:37 UTC

You make me want to do this, but it would consume so much time. o_o

My Huge Book of The Bard is taunting me to read The Winter's Tale. Things kept me from doing it, but I think it could give me ideas for a shelved fantasy novel.

lareinenoire July 21 2010, 16:27:06 UTC

I have mixed feelings towards The Winter's Tale; there are parts of it that I love, but I have issues with the ending. Actually, once you've read it, check out ides_of_april for two brilliant Hermione-centric fics (one of which features a cameo appearance by a gentleman in a blue telephone box).

fuunsaiki July 21 2010, 19:13:36 UTC

I quite like The Winter's Tale. Leontes's jealousy comes a little *too* out of nowhere, and there's that HORRIFIC expository scene between Bohemia and Sicilia, but other than that, I think it's shplendid. Luckily it doesn't actually say in the text "by the way, Hermione just lived in a box for sixteen years" (or worse, "Hermione totally did die, but in this play, statues totally come to life!") or the issues would multiply. I would be interested in reading further details on your issues. :)

lareinenoire July 21 2010, 19:17:51 UTC

Oh, mostly they are of the completely immature OMG LEONTES SUCKS AND HERMIONE DESERVES SO MUCH BETTER variety. I think it is an incredibly well-crafted play, and that the first three acts are positively harrowing at times, but for some reason it sort of loses me in the last two.

That being said, seeing it in performance is just brilliant. I saw the RSC do it in 2002 and liked it a lot better afterward. They made the last two acts work for me, though I still don't like reading them.

fuunsaiki July 21 2010, 19:23:24 UTC

I think we just have to take it as read that actually quite a LOT happened in Sicilia during the 16 years. Hopefully it wasn't *just* Paulina sticking pins in Leontes for the entire time*, she was helping him become deserving of the awesomeness of Hermione again, and she wouldn't have let them reunite if she didn't think he was on the way to being ready. I think the main problems with the play are the sixteen year gap, the abrupt mood change, and OMG HAVE I MENTIONED THAT HORRIFIC EXPOSITORY SCENE YET?. Oh, and Leontes, but if you have a good enough actor, you can usually work around what a dick he is. :3

*I enjoy thinking she was using pins as well as her tongue to make him feel bad the whole time. Makes it funnier for me. My sense of humour can be a little offbeat. XD

lareinenoire July 21 2010, 19:28:34 UTC

HAHA. That actually is an awesome mental image. Especially if she literally sticks him with a pin every single time she walks past him or something ridiculous like that.

And, yes, HORRIBLE EXPOSITION SCENE. It's like that one between Malcolm and Donalbain in Macbeth that just goes ON AND ON.

jesterjoker July 21 2010, 21:44:59 UTC

Oooh, good and flawed. I am anxious to dig in. :D

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