shootingstar Posted March 6, 2022 Share #1 Posted March 6, 2022 For each of Shakespeare's plays instead. Every culture has a centuries old Romeo & Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, the king plays (which I never cared for. Too much effort for me to figure out political games underneath all that archaic language), Hamlet, etc. Love, respect treachery/betrayal, satire, etc. is international for an English speaking audience and for anyone with a Western education/schooled on some British literary classics. There are now ALOT of English speaking folks with drama training that would fit the bill in the 21st century. To cancel or not to cancel Shakespeare? Meet the English professor flipping the script on the Bard | CBC News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted March 6, 2022 Share #2 Posted March 6, 2022 SS opens the door, throws in a hand grenade and slams the door closed.. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted March 6, 2022 Share #3 Posted March 6, 2022 I am sorry. I clicked the link but when "Critical Race Theory" is include in the first paragraph, I lose interest immediately. That said, Denzel Washington is probably the best MacBeth I have seen. I think it is on Apple TV. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted March 6, 2022 I haven 't said anythin' revolutionary. people get upset over the wrong stuff in my suggestion. Pansies, that's what I say. So bringin' Shakespeare to others via Thug Notes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted March 6, 2022 Share #5 Posted March 6, 2022 On the flip side, an all white cast of Porgy and Bess could also be a good thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted March 6, 2022 10 minutes ago, JerrySTL said: On the flip side, an all white cast of Porgy and Bess could also be a good thing. sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted March 6, 2022 I'm asking questions, yet people who don't even care about Shakespeare most the time in the area of the arts (because they like other types of drama), suddenly get all upset with my suggestion in thread. Then they should stand back, and let the talent rise to the stage. In Japan a non-verbal "King Lear".....which to me, seems so Japanese with their traditions of Noh and other highly stylized performance theatre where there is alot of symbolism, movement. I'm not sure I would enjoy a non-verbal "King Lear". Nonverbal "King Lear" Review - Conflict in Visuals, Sounds, and Imaginations - The Theatre Times In Toronto, an interpretation of "The Tempest": Shakespeare’s "The Tempest" Explores Colonialism, Resistance and Liberation - The Theatre Times Last winter, at the Studio Theatre at Ryerson University in downtown Toronto, Canadian actor Antoine Yared played Caliban in The Tempest. He stood, centre stage, looking out over the audience as he reassured his companions that the magic music of the island should not frighten them. He said: “The isle is full of noises … that give delight and hurt not.” But his face told the audience a different story — the story of a man heartbroken for what had been taken from him. We chose Shakespeare’s The Tempest as the centrepiece for our “Playing for Free” workshop because the play has been entangled with the history of slavery and freedom in the west for over 400 years. The Tempest tells the story of the Duke of Milan, Prospero, who many years before had come to the island with his infant daughter. Upon arriving, Prospero enslaved two of its inhabitants, Caliban and the spirit Ariel. The play follows three interconnecting plotlines: Prospero’s revenge plan against his enemies; how his daughter, Miranda, falls in love with the son of his chief enemy; and how Caliban plans to destroy Prospero and take back the island. Many consider the play an allegory of European colonization, and throughout the centuries, Caliban’s character has featured prominently in arguments that defend or resist against colonialist tyranny. The Tempest has also been interpreted as an allegory of liberation. The 20th-century writer Roberto Fernández Retamar declared that the insurgent Caliban spoke for the colonized peoples of the Americas. In 1993, a production by Robert Lepage in Montréal portrayed Caliban as a working-class punk-rocker in open rebellion against the elite Prospero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted March 7, 2022 Share #8 Posted March 7, 2022 8 hours ago, shootingstar said: For each of Shakespeare's plays instead. Every culture has a centuries old Romeo & Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, the king plays (which I never cared for. Too much effort for me to figure out political games underneath all that archaic language), Hamlet, etc. Love, respect treachery/betrayal, satire, etc. is international for an English speaking audience and for anyone with a Western education/schooled on some British literary classics. There are now ALOT of English speaking folks with drama training that would fit the bill in the 21st century. To cancel or not to cancel Shakespeare? Meet the English professor flipping the script on the Bard | CBC News There are a lot of Old Greek and Shakespearean plays and Biblical stories that feature Black actors playing White parts, unfortunately not many feature Asians. On the other hand, there's Aladdin - who's White in the old movies but Chinese in the original Tales of Scheherazade. My father loved Charlie Chan detective movies. When I was a kid and I'd do something clever, my White Dad would say Charlie's line, "Pretty smart, us Chinese." Of course, actor Warner Oland was White and, I think, so was the actor who played "Number One Son" - but they should remake the movies today without the slapstick stereotype scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted March 7, 2022 Share #9 Posted March 7, 2022 15 hours ago, shootingstar said: sure Porgy and Bess was written by a white people and has a lot of black stereotypes from the 1930s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 7, 2022 Share #10 Posted March 7, 2022 We're in a transition period. As the world slowly becomes more "mutt", each generation is going to scratch their heads at the prior ones, and move on. Even today, like in Wilburs example, many folks just want the best actor playing the role, not the one that matches the original intent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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