what even
What kind of stupidheaded line is "A Midsummer Night's Dream may be a comedy, but it is a cleverly constructed one"?
It may be a comedy - but don't worry guys, we can still take it seriously! It's okay, don't be scared!
Ugh.
In less ranty remarks - seeing these Globe clips makes me sad that I didn't like this production, because I thought it started well… (Though I'm pretty sure I just don't like Pearce Quigley - who played Bottom; he's been in a couple of Globe productions, and he just says all of his lines in pretty much the exact same almost-monotone in an attempt to be funny.)
--Just out of curiosity, are there any "fairy experts" who are not Diane Purkiss? (I just remember being so disappointed in her book At the Bottom of the Garden…so much of it seemed to be about Scottish witch trials, in ways that weren't especially helpful.)
--Wait, did Hugh Bonneville just say that Shakespeare's father was the mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon? That is not even a thing that is TRUE. How hard is it to fact-check?
--At least Julie Taymor takes Helena seriously; that is sadly rare in this poor world.
--what's this? Is Hugh Bonneville talking about verse forms and rhyme??? Actual discussion of language? Wonders never cease.
It may be a comedy - but don't worry guys, we can still take it seriously! It's okay, don't be scared!
Ugh.
In less ranty remarks - seeing these Globe clips makes me sad that I didn't like this production, because I thought it started well… (Though I'm pretty sure I just don't like Pearce Quigley - who played Bottom; he's been in a couple of Globe productions, and he just says all of his lines in pretty much the exact same almost-monotone in an attempt to be funny.)
--Just out of curiosity, are there any "fairy experts" who are not Diane Purkiss? (I just remember being so disappointed in her book At the Bottom of the Garden…so much of it seemed to be about Scottish witch trials, in ways that weren't especially helpful.)
--Wait, did Hugh Bonneville just say that Shakespeare's father was the mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon? That is not even a thing that is TRUE. How hard is it to fact-check?
--At least Julie Taymor takes Helena seriously; that is sadly rare in this poor world.
--what's this? Is Hugh Bonneville talking about verse forms and rhyme??? Actual discussion of language? Wonders never cease.