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Last time I saw the tempest Miranda's clothes were made of a bunch of sewn together baby clothes which I thought was a really cool touch.
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last time i saw the tempest it had what's his face from law and order playing prospero e: sam waterston
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Aug 21, 2016 02:08
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I once dated a girl who was way smarter than me. She said that Proust was better than Shakespeare. I've never read Proust but I always wondered if that was a fair comparison.
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Aug 22, 2016 20:35
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Proust is more satisfying to read, but Shakespeare did not write to be read
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Aug 23, 2016 00:17
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I always think I ought to try some Proust but never get round to it :/ Do you know a good place to start?
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Aug 23, 2016 18:14
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Behemuff posted:I always think I ought to try some Proust but never get round to it :/ Do you know a good place to start? I'll give you a hint: don't start at Volumes 2 through 7 
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Aug 23, 2016 21:47
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Behemuff posted:I always think I ought to try some Proust but never get round to it :/ Do you know a good place to start?
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Aug 24, 2016 14:44
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TychoCelchuuu posted:I think he wrote a long book that is well regarded, you might try reading that. Well I was hoping for a pointer towards something a little less monolithic, or some primer. But thanks for being a patronising oval office 
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Aug 25, 2016 22:50
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I'd like to get into some Pynchon.... Well if you don't just read Gravity's Rainbow in a single sitting and then publish a critical thinkpiece in the Paris Review then you might as well just kill yourself tbqh. Oh, or I could maybe read the shorter but still representative Crying of Lot 49 first etc. etc. etc.
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Aug 25, 2016 22:56
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ISOLT is the only Proust anyone reads though. And the only Proust worth reading.
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Behemuff posted:Well I was hoping for a pointer towards something a little less monolithic, or some primer. But thanks for being a patronising oval office That's the only book he's got, unless you count Jean Santeuil but that was never finished and parts of it were incorporated into In Search Of Lost Time anyway.
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Behemuff posted:Well I was hoping for a pointer towards something a little less monolithic, or some primer. But thanks for being a patronising oval office Behemuff posted:I'd like to get into some Pynchon....
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Aug 26, 2016 04:33
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Behemuff posted:Well I was hoping for a pointer towards something a little less monolithic, or some primer. But thanks for being a patronising oval office it's the right answer to your question dude calm down
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Aug 26, 2016 04:38
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I am taking a Shakespeare course this year and one of our assignments is to write a review if an adaptation of one of his plays. I am so going to write on Ian McKellen's nazi Richard iii. Because Richard iii Is loving awesome, and I want to play him someday.
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Sep 10, 2016 06:15
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That's the one where he says "My kingdom for a horse" before falling off a girder into an explosion, right?
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Sep 10, 2016 10:03
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Having a time traveling McNulty fight Nazi Richard was an interesting choice.
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Sep 10, 2016 13:05
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Mr. Squishy posted:That's the one where he says "My kingdom for a horse" before falling off a girder into an explosion, right? Oh yes. And he rams a tank through a house.
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Sep 10, 2016 15:35
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There's definitely a lot to say about it, just not a lot that's complimentary.
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Sep 10, 2016 16:56
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Mr. Squishy posted:There's definitely a lot to say about it, just not a lot that's complimentary.
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Sep 10, 2016 16:58
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McKellen is amazing in the lead role.
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I hate how they filleted all the quotes people know and dropped them disconnected from anything into action scenes so silly even Schwarzenegger would blush. Also I've never really dug McKellen.
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Mr. Squishy posted:I hate how they filleted all the quotes people know and dropped them disconnected from anything into action scenes so silly even Schwarzenegger would blush. Also I've never really dug McKellen. I remember that they changed the context of Richard's "If not to heaven, then hand in hand to hell" line from a hilariously uninspiring pre-battle speech to his troops to a taunt to Henry during a one-on-one fight. Sort of changing it to be more like the "Lay on, Macduff!" bit from Macbeth. I can actually see the logic behind the change there, since the previously sociopathic Richard suddenly showing signs of a guilty conscience is one of the weaker aspects of the play. On the other hand, I like the idea of a commander's guilty conscience causing him to deliver a bad speech that ruins his troops' morale and lose the battle as a result. Silver2195 fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Sep 10, 2016 |
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Sep 10, 2016 18:28
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Arcsquad12 posted:I am taking a Shakespeare course this year and one of our assignments is to write a review if an adaptation of one of his plays. I am so going to write on Ian McKellen's nazi Richard iii. Because Richard iii Is loving awesome, and I want to play him someday. Write a review of Chimes at Midnight instead
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Sep 10, 2016 23:59
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Not on the reading list unfortunately
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Sep 11, 2016 00:12
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Watch Chimes at Mightnight anyways, it's good as hell and there's a new blu-ray coming out this year.
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Sep 11, 2016 01:13
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if you were a proper gent you'd have written about the all-nude version of the tempest being performed in central park this summer
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Sep 11, 2016 04:35
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Another fun adaptation is Prospero's Books which is just John Gielgud reading the tempest as extras go full mental around him.
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Sep 11, 2016 10:11
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 source, apparently a poster version is in the works: http://goodticklebrain.com/home/2016/4/18/which-shakespeare-play-should-i-see-an-illustrated-flowchart
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Sep 15, 2016 13:51
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Gary Taylor strikes again: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/23/christopher-marlowe-credited-as-one-of-shakespeares-co-writers.
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Oct 24, 2016 00:55
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Of course, the boring ones 
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Oct 24, 2016 01:39
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the smug face suggests you're kidding but all three parts of henry vi really are agonisingly boring
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Phwoar bet Marlowe's jumping for joy at those sweet royalties coming his way.
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