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I think "Midnight's Children" is a wonderful book. Can't get on with "Satanic Verses", though.
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By which I mean to say that I don't necessarily agree that good performances in and of themselves necessarily redeem Shakespeare. - Ahi |
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Also, Lord of the Flies.
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yes, that's true. problem is there are far more poor performances than good ones. In most of them I've seen you could actually tell that the actors don't understand the words they're saying.
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I'm fortunate in living only an hour's drive away from the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-on-Avon, so I've seen a lot of really good performances. Saw David Tennant in "Hamlet" earlier in the year; that was just superb.
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The problem with classics, is that there seems to be a conspiracy of the whole educational system to make every child hate them. I was good at school and I liked it on the whole, but it still did a good job of ruining some authors for me.
I had to study a play by Molière every single year for 6 years. And then one day, I saw a performance (a good one for a change). It was a revelation. I had no idea Molière could actually be enjoyable!!! Years of forced admiration for the "comique de répétition" in "mais qu'allait-il donc faire dans cette galère" will do that to you. (Note for the non-French speakers: don't ask, it's just too painful to relive those old memories ) |
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