Much Ado about Whedon
English is his second language. Elizabethan English just doesn't work for him. He doesn't even get the sex jokes. Also, the ex before me was a theater nerd who dragged him to the local Shakespeare festival and wouldn't shut up about the technical details of the productions, so, in addition to impenetrable language, Shakespeare comes with bad memories and emotional scarring. I can't blame him as I have an ex who totally ruined anime for me. Every time I try to watch it, I get hit with a wall of bad memories from that relationship. Sucks.
Our literary tastes typically run more or less in sync so I forgive him for this. He did, after all, drop a reference to 100 Days of Solitude in a casual conversation once. For that, I gave him my phone number.
Our literary tastes typically run more or less in sync so I forgive him for this. He did, after all, drop a reference to 100 Days of Solitude in a casual conversation once. For that, I gave him my phone number.
When you can do nothing what can you do?
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Does he know about Forbidden Planet or Ten Things I Hate About You or She's the Man?River wrote:English is his second language. Elizabethan English just doesn't work for him. He doesn't even get the sex jokes. Also, the ex before me was a theater nerd who dragged him to the local Shakespeare festival and wouldn't shut up about the technical details of the productions, so, in addition to impenetrable language, Shakespeare comes with bad memories and emotional scarring. I can't blame him as I have an ex who totally ruined anime for me. Every time I try to watch it, I get hit with a wall of bad memories from that relationship. Sucks.
Our literary tastes typically run more or less in sync so I forgive him for this. He did, after all, drop a reference to 100 Days of Solitude in a casual conversation once. For that, I gave him my phone number.
Probably. He doesn't hate the stories. Just the delivery. If Much Ado About Nothing were to be done in modern English he'd be fine with it. Sort of like how if someone made a movie of the Odyssey and all lines were delivered as epic poetry, he'd most likely run away screaming even though he thoroughly enjoys O Brother Where Art Thou.
Sad really. I saw Twelfth Night at the Boulder Shakespeare Festival last year. I think he would've gotten a kick out of the staging as they did Illyria up like a city on the Adriatic coast and dressed the characters accordingly.
Sad really. I saw Twelfth Night at the Boulder Shakespeare Festival last year. I think he would've gotten a kick out of the staging as they did Illyria up like a city on the Adriatic coast and dressed the characters accordingly.
When you can do nothing what can you do?
I didn't know a thing about Much Ado before seeing this. Going back and re-reading this thread, this comment now strikes me as somewhat...ironic:
(I also have developed a strong distaste for this cliche so I understand. )
Frelga wrote:I got quite into his Castle series, despite my usual aversion to plots in which a couple are drawn to each other despite their initial bickering.
(I also have developed a strong distaste for this cliche so I understand. )
Ha! I forgot. Well, Shakespeare can pull it off.
I don't so much hate the cliche as the typical execution, in which the male lead treats the woman with smug contempt, and yet somehow she falls for him. (I'm looking at you, Han Solo.) At least Benedict and Beatrice meet as equals. If anything, he gets the worst of it.
I don't so much hate the cliche as the typical execution, in which the male lead treats the woman with smug contempt, and yet somehow she falls for him. (I'm looking at you, Han Solo.) At least Benedict and Beatrice meet as equals. If anything, he gets the worst of it.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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