die bohne der nacht (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} nixietube) wrote,@ 2004-10-30 18:49:00 |
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Class Wars
Rigoletto by Verdi (Italy, 1936) is mostly about a man from the lower classes who is the equivalent of the jester to the upper classes. Being in a different class, he naturally distrusts them and he tells them nothing about himself. They suspect him of having a mistress, but it's really his daughter. A philandering duke seduces the daughter, so Rigoletto hires a hitman. The Duke happens to "visit" the hitman's sister (quite a coincidence), and the sister falls for the Duke too. She pleads with her brother to save the Duke ("o me! how i love him!"), and Rigoletto's daughter manages to throw herself at various knives to save the Duke's life.
Rigoletto is destroyed. He of course discovers that he paid to have his daughter killed. Very depressing. SO did a good job with it, but it wasn't absurd enough for my taste. The audience was also uncooty.
Rigoletto by Verdi (Italy, 1936) is mostly about a man from the lower classes who is the equivalent of the jester to the upper classes. Being in a different class, he naturally distrusts them and he tells them nothing about himself. They suspect him of having a mistress, but it's really his daughter. A philandering duke seduces the daughter, so Rigoletto hires a hitman. The Duke happens to "visit" the hitman's sister (quite a coincidence), and the sister falls for the Duke too. She pleads with her brother to save the Duke ("o me! how i love him!"), and Rigoletto's daughter manages to throw herself at various knives to save the Duke's life.
Rigoletto is destroyed. He of course discovers that he paid to have his daughter killed. Very depressing. SO did a good job with it, but it wasn't absurd enough for my taste. The audience was also uncooty.
