die bohne der nacht (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} nixietube) wrote,@ 2006-01-26 18:34:00 |
|
Richard the Womanizer
Last weekend I saw the second-worst Shakespeare production that I've ever seen. This version of Richard III included bonuses like completely video-recorded characters, microsoft windows sounds, characters sending email to communicate, and monotonic poorly-enunciated lines.
The whole play was made even worse by the "special seats" we were assigned to. We were seated in the first row of bleachers that were placed on the stage. I think the seating was supposed to be circular, but it just didn't work very well because the stage area was too big. It was also almost impossible for me to see the screen, so I couldn't see the "video actors" or the contents of the emails. I didn't miss much.
The actor playing Richard III was awful. He was supposed to be playing a cripple, but his acting was so bad that it was obvious that he was not a cripple. Scarily, he was better than many of the other actors.
Richard III was good at one thing, though, and that was trying to flirt with my date and me. In the middle of acting on the stage, he managed to ogle my date's chest more than five times. If he spent as much energy on acting as he did on staring at my date's chest, he would be a far better actor. It's true that my date's chest was definitely worth staring at, but really. There's a time and place for everything.
Last weekend I saw the second-worst Shakespeare production that I've ever seen. This version of Richard III included bonuses like completely video-recorded characters, microsoft windows sounds, characters sending email to communicate, and monotonic poorly-enunciated lines.
The whole play was made even worse by the "special seats" we were assigned to. We were seated in the first row of bleachers that were placed on the stage. I think the seating was supposed to be circular, but it just didn't work very well because the stage area was too big. It was also almost impossible for me to see the screen, so I couldn't see the "video actors" or the contents of the emails. I didn't miss much.
The actor playing Richard III was awful. He was supposed to be playing a cripple, but his acting was so bad that it was obvious that he was not a cripple. Scarily, he was better than many of the other actors.
Richard III was good at one thing, though, and that was trying to flirt with my date and me. In the middle of acting on the stage, he managed to ogle my date's chest more than five times. If he spent as much energy on acting as he did on staring at my date's chest, he would be a far better actor. It's true that my date's chest was definitely worth staring at, but really. There's a time and place for everything.
