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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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[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.