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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
It appears you might have misunderstood something I've said several times: The point is not that theatrical versions, films or even comic books should be disallowed or discouraged as artistic experiences. What I'm saying is that students in school should have to read the plays and not simply see them. Of course they can watch performances; of course they can look at whatever other adaptations they like. I can see great incentive for a student to write about a graphic novel adaptation and perhaps go into the differences and parallels between the play and the adaptation. All I'm saying is this: students should be required to read the plays and that should be the focus.
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Yes, that is the point you have made. And the one I disagree with, at least at the high school level.
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I've made that point several times in my few posts on this thread. I'd respectfully like to know that you actually heard me and weren't continuing to build a case against a point that wasn't mine -- the idea that adaptations were worthless, unhelpful, sacrilegious, etc., etc.
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I disagree with the point you haven't made, & gather that you do, as well.
In my view, to read a play is not to read a text. It is to read a script. It takes a performance to make a script come to life. I've watched actors sit around a table and discuss a scene from a Shakespeare play, and have been astounded at how malleable the script is in the hands of someone who knows what he or she is doing with what's written down. It's not a matter of parsing the script. It's a matter of taking the thing & running with it.