Doesn't anybody ever play Shakespeare straight anymore? After years of putting up with Shakespeare in the parks set in Nazi Germany, colonial-era Caribbean and the Wild West, now we have to deal with changing genders. AAARGH! (Of course, I loved it when they did it on Battlestar Galactica, but that's different!) Is this payback for men playing women in the Elizabethan originals? Of course, given Max's own gender-bending in "Spirit in Realtime", I should probably shut up now. Oh well... I'll be the guy in the audience groaning on Dec. 10th.
Doesn't anybody ever play Shakespeare straight anymore? After years of putting up with Shakespeare in the parks set in Nazi Germany, colonial-era Caribbean and the Wild West, now we have to deal with changing genders. AAARGH! (Of course, I loved it when they did it on Battlestar Galactica, but that's different!) Is this payback for men playing women in the Elizabethan originals? Of course, given Max's own gender-bending in "Spirit in Realtime", I should probably shut up now. Oh well... I'll be the guy in the audience groaning on Dec. 10th.
ReplyDeleteI don't want to hear any hatin' on living narratives. If you want Elizabethan Style go to the globe, hippie. =)
ReplyDeleteAlso, next week you can read all about how Shakespeare caused the rift between High and Low Art, in riot form. So Stay Tuned.