tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584861835606857635.post8346204552141738424..comments2023-05-04T05:30:52.090-04:00Comments on Third Floor Republic: these tell-tale women: Richard III @ BAM 2.5.12strayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109343770835869181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584861835606857635.post-89299926265638324862012-02-10T18:24:18.801-05:002012-02-10T18:24:18.801-05:00Though you might present Richmond that way and pla...Though you might present Richmond that way and play one trope off against the other.strayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109343770835869181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584861835606857635.post-47977980917543508782012-02-10T11:48:42.113-05:002012-02-10T11:48:42.113-05:00The fact that the possible embodiments of evil in ...The fact that the possible embodiments of evil in our time are more clean and eye-friendly, mediated multiple times via other agents, better dressed, better PR'd than the Richard caricature does pose some difficulty for the staging of this play.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584861835606857635.post-59777766603135310772012-02-10T00:44:09.164-05:002012-02-10T00:44:09.164-05:00Pretty much. Generic Fascism tends to be the defau...Pretty much. Generic Fascism tends to be the default mode with this play. I wonder if there's now any other way to represent Evil as a political operative. <br /><br />RSC's Winter's Tale had a waaaay pagan mummers' play...but then it's a mummers' play, so that isn't really a stretch. But yes, there'd be some fine opportunities to jazz things up in that way.strayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109343770835869181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584861835606857635.post-48371380863796520742012-02-09T22:18:04.470-05:002012-02-09T22:18:04.470-05:00Ah, great review. What's the time Mendes aimed...Ah, great review. What's the time Mendes aimed for, contemporary generalissimos? <br /><br />Love the drums, wonder why we don't see more visceral, pagan Shakespeare more often...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com