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[trinityvixen]

Resolved, according to feiran: It is both classless and tasteless to go to a production of King Lear and go, "Hur hur penis" during the intermission. Exclamations about the natural endowment of Sir Ian McKellan are to be made only after one has left the theater.

Naaaaaah!

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[linaerys.livejournal.com]

Heh. I don't think any of the people I was with, including me, waited until leaving the theater.

Sir Ian McKellen has nothing to be ashamed of.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Thank you! My roommate looked embarrassed when that's the first thing I had to talk about. The second thing was hardly less shallow, though, so maybe it was the combination of the two that embarrassed her. What can I say? I had two very visceral reactions. One was, "Dude, naked Sir Ian McKellan used to great (and I mean GREAT) effect!" The other was, "HOLY SHIT, I MUST RAID GONERIL AND REGAN'S WARDROBE."

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

I had the exact same reaction. Those were some fabulous costumes.

And, dude, you're supposed not to react to seeing Gandalf's wang? The penis of a peer of the realm? Everyone was already thinking it, why not say it?

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I wish I hadn't known ahead of time that we'd get it just because it distracted from the story at times. I've never care for Lear especially, and less so still the random mad-musings of half the cast for entire acts, so I'm just sitting there waiting on wang for a good thirty minutes.

Otherwise, fabulous. And yes, the older sisters might be cruel, but they had a fashion sense to cut through all that. It was the first production where I wasn't actually hating them for most of the time, either, so maybe the costumes helped there. So help me, if I can't ever get Goneril's red coat, I'll die.

[fairest.livejournal.com]

I wish I hadn't known ahead of time that we'd get it just because it distracted from the story at times.

Yeah, that's how I felt sometimes, too. It would've been much more powerful if I hadn't known.

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

I've never care for Lear especially, and less so still the random mad-musings of half the cast for entire acts, so I'm just sitting there waiting on wang for a good thirty minutes.

I never saw or read Lear before (I went to a lousy public high school, OK?), but I'm glad I'm not the only one who found the "crazy" speeches tedious. Personally, I enjoyed everything before intermission (the penis possibly excepted), but found the 2nd half interminable. The fact that the place was sweltering and uncomfortable didn't help. The cast was wonderful, it all went without a hitch, but by the end I wanted out of there. Shallow, I know, but it's the truth.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Lear has never been my favorite, mostly because it's all about stupid decisions and people being stubborn. Bor-ing. The performances are what elevate it, and that's what we got, but the first half was definitely better.

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

Hell, given its size, I suspect it could get its own peerage! Sin Wang has a nice ring to it.

[fairest.livejournal.com]

I'm not embarrassed that it was the first thing you talked about--obviously, etiquette says Thou Shalt Totally Discuss The Wang when someone's putting it out there. Duh. You just do it out of range of the cast and crew. :)

Come to think of it, I tend to save *all* critique for the ride home or diner. Reacting in the theatre with anything other than polite interest just feels out of place somehow. :P

[viridian.livejournal.com]

I sort of agree with this, but once one person mentions cock, it's all downhill from there!

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

COCK!