tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post1073414795605753967..comments2023-06-02T16:36:37.494+03:00Comments on Shakespeare Experience: In black and white 2:Alan K.Farrarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930353547190453742noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post-84413811326288978442007-11-24T02:41:00.000+02:002007-11-24T02:41:00.000+02:00AlanJust wanted to say thanks!I just finished writ...Alan<BR/><BR/>Just wanted to say thanks!<BR/><BR/>I just finished writing my Scholarship English Examination and some of your ideas about the geographical context of readers came in incredbly handy answering one of the three questions we had to write on. <BR/><BR/>Just a note saying thanks for putting such relevant content up, its been great extension for me (applies to those videos of your lecture, also).<BR/><BR/>Cheers mate<BR/>ScotScothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293771719291282624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post-3766334492413102522007-10-21T18:29:00.000+03:002007-10-21T18:29:00.000+03:00P.S. my earlier comment should have read:"It was ...P.S. my earlier comment should have read:<BR/><BR/>"It <B>was not</B> "Macbeth in drag" however, it was some of Boston's best female stage talent in a great play."<BR/><BR/>sorry about that.Ian Thalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15348768867561450314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post-22099241213135407342007-10-21T18:24:00.000+03:002007-10-21T18:24:00.000+03:00Just to add a snarky mine to the field:JCSS would ...Just to add a snarky mine to the field:<BR/><BR/><I>JCSS</I> would have been so much better if someone had commissioned Pete Townshend to write the music and lyrics. I always felt the music was faux-rock'n'roll.Ian Thalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15348768867561450314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post-11526138790935362122007-10-21T12:13:00.000+03:002007-10-21T12:13:00.000+03:00If you could have boys being girls in Shakey's tim...If you could have boys being girls in Shakey's time, girls being boys now is fine by me!<BR/>I actually will be touching on this in part 3.<BR/>The JC thing is a minefield - the Wiki entry (I think - might be elsewhere) shows the changes that had to be made in the lyrics to accommodate 'Christian Sensibilities': American I'd guess as they weren't needed in the UK.Alan K.Farrarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930353547190453742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post-63286978664990908372007-10-20T19:40:00.000+03:002007-10-20T19:40:00.000+03:00Interesting that I saw a production of Macbeth las...Interesting that I saw a production of <I>Macbeth</I> last night that featured an all female cast. It "<I>Macbeth</I> in drag" however; It was some of Boston's best female stage talent in a great play.<BR/><BR/>The direction and acting were excellent-- and isn't that what it important? The only flaw I saw wasn't a woman playing a man's role-- but an actor who is remarkable in her comic roles, slipping ironic and sarcastic tones of voice into a tragic speech-- that's a mistake a talented male actor can make in such a role at the beginning of a run. (We also had a black, dreadlocked Malcolm as son of a white, blonde haired Duncan, and a white fleance as son of a black Banquo.)<BR/><BR/>On the topic of Judas in <I>Jesus Christ: Superstar</I>: let's not forget that the character is apparently an invention of first century Christians after they had decided that they were a religion separate from Judaism, and so acts as a personification of the Deicide chargeand acts as the archtype from which so many anti-Semitic portrayals of Jews have sprung, so having a black actor in that role is actually casting against stereotype.Ian Thalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15348768867561450314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post-13449570402930089412007-10-20T17:29:00.000+03:002007-10-20T17:29:00.000+03:00Good luck! (I've updated the post by the way sinc...Good luck! <BR/><BR/>(I've updated the post by the way since you left your message.)Alan K.Farrarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930353547190453742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post-49746832416302770582007-10-20T09:25:00.000+03:002007-10-20T09:25:00.000+03:00I'm going to the open audition of JC Superstar tom...I'm going to the open audition of JC Superstar tomorrow! I've always wanted to by Judas but I'm a girl!!! I wanted to be Eddie Murphy when I was little. Great blog!Goldie Davichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04727621960429912384noreply@blogger.com