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Richard II, King of Pop
Jul. 8th, 2012 04:31 pmI watched the first installment of The Hollow Crown, Richard II. While I did like it I am constitutionally incapable of taking anything seriously, and I couldn't help noticing a certain familiar strain in Ben Whishaw's performance ...
... though I think he bears a little more resemblance to Captain Haddock than Mr Whishaw, there, apologies.
That and the fact I'd been mistakenly misled by Simon Schama into thinking Jack Cade was in Richard II, when he's really in Henry IV Part II, resulting in completely unnecessary disappointment when he failed to turn up. (Though checking IMDb, that character isn't in the cast list for the Hollow Crown adaptation so maybe I should dock my expectations now...) I liked it, though! Which is something, given that the ISC in their awesomeness have ruined anyone else's Shakespeare for me forever, it seems. For that matter, they've gone beyond Shakespeare and have now spoiled me for Rise of the Guardians, whose trailer I saw last week and all I could think was how much better the Puck from their Midsummer Night's Dream/Atolychus from Winter's Tale would be as Jack Frost. ISCCCC!! [fistshake]
The summer season is ON, by the way. Old Zoo, Griffith Park, Thursday-Sunday, 7pm, their performance calendar can be found here or via their Facebook page. Be there if you are physically capable of doing so!
... though I think he bears a little more resemblance to Captain Haddock than Mr Whishaw, there, apologies.
That and the fact I'd been mistakenly misled by Simon Schama into thinking Jack Cade was in Richard II, when he's really in Henry IV Part II, resulting in completely unnecessary disappointment when he failed to turn up. (Though checking IMDb, that character isn't in the cast list for the Hollow Crown adaptation so maybe I should dock my expectations now...) I liked it, though! Which is something, given that the ISC in their awesomeness have ruined anyone else's Shakespeare for me forever, it seems. For that matter, they've gone beyond Shakespeare and have now spoiled me for Rise of the Guardians, whose trailer I saw last week and all I could think was how much better the Puck from their Midsummer Night's Dream/Atolychus from Winter's Tale would be as Jack Frost. ISCCCC!! [fistshake]
The summer season is ON, by the way. Old Zoo, Griffith Park, Thursday-Sunday, 7pm, their performance calendar can be found here or via their Facebook page. Be there if you are physically capable of doing so!
