Thursday, September 18, 2008
9-19-08 Titus Andronicus thoughts
I didn’t know anything about Titus Andronicus before I started reading it. Now that I know more about it I can’t say I am a fan of it. The actions of the characters don’t seem realistic to me. When Titus kills his son on a whim it just seems like violence for the sake of violence. I just don’t really care about the characters. It seems pretty obvious that Shakespeare was just playing to what was popular and what he thought would sell tickets. The whole thing is very campy. If you compared Titus and Romeo and Juliet with modern movie releases today Titus would be released in the summer as a mindless blockbuster while Romeo and Juliet would come out in the fall: Oscar season. I am playing Titus in our play and I will do my best to be the best Titus I can be but I’m not really a fan of the play.
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Does all good art have to be realistic? Can't Shakespeare be doing something sophisticated with pastiche and/or parody? Hmm.
Your challenge as an actor, I'd argue, is to find the entertainment value in your character. How can you improve him?
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