People like Laura Ingraham and Tony and Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, they understand what's going on in the real world
-Senator George Allen
Where can I get the flavor of Kool Aid that this guy drinks?
Friday, May 19, 2006
Friday, May 05, 2006
Teen Angst
This weekend is the final performance of Hamlet at the Guthrie theater, which is the final production at the current location. Set in a vaguely 1940's time period,Dowling's vision should lend itself to a rather existential version, after all Hamlet is a "metaphor for the project of human existence." However, this version seemed neither existential nor Freudian. Hamlet is portrayed by the 23 year old Santino Fontana, giving this portrayal a very youthful indecisiveness, perhaps less contemplative and with a bit more genuine madness. Here Hamlet is more motivated by rebellion and misanthrophy, than by a search for authenticity. While I appreciate the efforts of creating a modern Hamlet, and I can even stomach the Ethan Hawke version, I still prefer a classic Medieval approach
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