tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post6773477524366983176..comments2024-02-11T15:29:31.409-05:00Comments on Richard's Pretension: The Thane and the FlapperRichard Bellushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post-68419574069611976862014-10-04T16:38:25.386-04:002014-10-04T16:38:25.386-04:00I don't know, but Titus Andronicus seems ready...I don't know, but Titus Andronicus seems ready made for a horror film. The quasi-faithful Titus (set in an alternate reality with a modern Roman Empire) is an interesting version from 1999, but a full adaptation is possible too.<br /><br />Off-Broadway is definitely a mixed bag with its share of stinkers, but when it's good it can be very good.Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post-31166529051667374572014-10-04T12:09:18.824-04:002014-10-04T12:09:18.824-04:00I think my favorite disguised Shakespeare is Forbi...I think my favorite disguised Shakespeare is Forbidden Planet. Never thought of West Side Story as Shakespeare, don't know why, I guess I get caught up in the song and dance numbers. It's an interesting idea though to recreate his work into some other genre. I wonder if he'd been translated into a horror story before. Interesting idea from Roman above to do a space opera. <br /><br />I have a cousin that teaches drama here and writes plays--one which made it to off-Broadway. I've only seen one off-Broadway play when me and my brother were in NYC. It was a unique experience, and I'm sure some are better than others, but it was a very small venue and cast (as I remember three or four actors). Sort of shattered some allusions. It was about a serial killer, and that's about all I remember. I don't remember if we got discounted tickets or they were free given to us from some guy on Times Square, but it was fine for what it was.El Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post-56009771003042622702014-10-02T12:21:20.069-04:002014-10-02T12:21:20.069-04:00Definitely dig that one out. Who is the current Ca...Definitely dig that one out. Who is the current Caroline Munro-type to play Macduff in a bikini?<br /><br />Actually, in this stage version Banquo was a femme-fatale. It made little difference.Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post-87447452702137571132014-10-02T10:58:21.219-04:002014-10-02T10:58:21.219-04:00Sounds like this turned out to be a good one. Glad...Sounds like this turned out to be a good one. Glad it was. I could see how this adaptation could work out. Macbeth translates easily into gangster territory. I'd heard of an Australian film that placed it among teen gangs. <br /><br />In my youth of wanting to be a film director I actually came up with a treatment that turned Macbeth into a Space Opera tragedy, and switching the sexes so that Macbeth was a female general and her husband was the manipulative government official that pushes her to act. Witches were aliens and all kinds of craziness. I wonder if I still have that floating around somewhere. It could be fun/horrifying to read again. :)Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.com