I went to another shindig last night! Wow, that's two in less than a week! And they weren't even held in my house! They were both held in the same house, though. At last week's Halloween party, Dawn and I found out that we both love Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and Dawn revealed that she had a DVD of the Globe Theatre's production (here is an ( Read more... )

I don't have much to say tonight, so instead I will offer you this nonsensical yet very cool little production:

Action Bill - A LEGO Stop Motion Short FilmBasically William Shakespeare is struggling with writer's block, and then William Shatner comes in a giant robot from the future and tries to kill him. But killing Shakespeare is not as easy as ( Read more... )

I'm still in the nearly-incoherent reaction phase of my viewing experience, so I feel unable to provide you with anything more than, IT WAS SO GOOD OMGGGGGGGG!!!!1!

But it was. Really, really good. Except they kind of changed the ending, which kind of changed the implications of what happens after the ending, and I am, furthermore, a little sad ( Read more... )

Tonight Chris and I are seeing Coriolanus and I am so excited I can hardly contain myself. WHEE. I finished reading the play this morning; my only foreseeable regret is that I'll only be able to see this production once, so I'll have to really pay attention.

The New York Times has a lovely write-up about the play, and two others also starring ( Read more... )

Because I am a nerd, and believe in embracing my nerdiness to the fullest at least some of the time, I am currently reading Shakespeare's Coriolanus. I am reading this because, in three weeks, Chris and I will be seeing a telecast of the play here in Toronto. It's currently playing in London, and of course it's starring my new favorite actor, Tom ( Read more... )

Yeah, it's past my bedtime. We watched Captain America tonight, because Harold & Maude wasn't working properly, and I think our time would've been better spent watching paint dry. Don't let the 78% rating mislead you - I found that film just terrible. Everything, from the script to the blocking to the US propaganda - I kept waiting for the other ( Read more... )