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  • THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

    From Bill Anderson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 1 14:39:32 2022
    Denzel Washington is quite good in the title role and the other actors
    acquit themselves equally well -- except for one in a minor role at the
    end, the servant Wheyface, who reads his lines like the high schooler he probably is. But that's appropriate, I guess, as who didn't read Macbeth
    in high school?

    I remember not really getting it at the time, even after attending an
    art house showing of the Roman Polanski version when I was a little
    older. But time has passed and I've grown in experience and the story definitely resonates with me now. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
    creeps in its petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of
    recorded time, and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to
    dusty death. Out, out brief candle. Life's but a walking shadow, a poor
    player that struts and frets his time upon the stage and then is heard
    no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
    signifying nothing. Yeah, now I get it.

    The movie may or may not win Denzel another Oscar -- though I would not
    be surprised if it does -- but it's a lock I think for set design and cinematography. Some of the shots, like Lady Macbeth standing on an
    outcrop, were literally breathtaking for me. B&W photography is not yet
    a forgotten art form.

    A 10th-grader I know came over to my place to watch FREE GUY this past
    weekend. Gamer that he is, it was his kind of movie and he loved it.
    When it was over he asked what we were going to do next and I told him I
    could take him home or he could stay and watch another movie of my
    choosing. "Is it in color?" "Nope." "What's it about?" "It's got lots of fighting and blood and murder and this guy kills the king and takes his
    throne and his wife helps but she goes crazy and there are witches who
    tell the future and ..." "What's the title?" "Macbeth." "Oh, I'm
    supposed to write a paper on that. I'll watch."

    He really liked it and I did too. He's also a great fan of Japanese
    anime and I've told him I have a samurai movie he's sure to like. "is it
    in color?" "Nope." "What's the title?" "Throne of Blood...."

    --
    Bill Anderson

    I am the Mighty Favog

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Bill Anderson on Tue Mar 1 23:19:47 2022
    On Tuesday, 1 March 2022 at 15:39:41 UTC-5, Bill Anderson wrote:
    Denzel Washington is quite good in the title role

    Forgetting he's black, he's SEVENTY. Ridiculous casting.

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  • From BTR1701@21:1/5 to Bill Anderson on Wed Mar 2 10:18:19 2022
    In article <W8GdnaEoHtkYGYP_nZ2dnUU7-WnNnZ2d@giganews.com>,
    Bill Anderson <billanderson601@yahoo.com> wrote:

    Denzel Washington is quite good in the title role

    No claims of cultural appropriation here? Strange.

    Imagine the howls of fury if a white guy was cast to play Martin Luther
    King.

    I guess 'cultural appropriation' is another one of those things that's
    only bad when white people do it.

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to RichA on Thu Mar 3 03:22:47 2022
    On 3/2/2022 1:19 AM, RichA wrote:
    On Tuesday, 1 March 2022 at 15:39:41 UTC-5, Bill Anderson wrote:
    Denzel Washington is quite good in the title role

    Forgetting he's black, he's SEVENTY. Ridiculous casting.


    You don't seem to get Shakespeare, just like most other things.
    Shakespeare has been done so many times variations in casting have
    become commonplace. You're remarkable in that I've never seen anyone
    online so happy to air his ignorance. It's Trump-esque.

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 3 03:24:44 2022
    On 3/2/2022 12:18 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    In article <W8GdnaEoHtkYGYP_nZ2dnUU7-WnNnZ2d@giganews.com>,
    Bill Anderson <billanderson601@yahoo.com> wrote:

    Denzel Washington is quite good in the title role

    No claims of cultural appropriation here? Strange.

    Imagine the howls of fury if a white guy was cast to play Martin Luther
    King.


    Because his life is a famous work of fiction? You're a fucking joke.

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  • From BTR1701@21:1/5 to trotsky on Thu Mar 3 17:25:12 2022
    In article <16d8d4a8b47f128c$2$448849$48d50260@news.newsdemon.com>,
    trotsky <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:

    On 3/2/2022 12:18 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    In article <W8GdnaEoHtkYGYP_nZ2dnUU7-WnNnZ2d@giganews.com>,
    Bill Anderson <billanderson601@yahoo.com> wrote:

    Denzel Washington is quite good in the title role

    No claims of cultural appropriation here? Strange.

    Imagine the howls of fury if a white guy was cast to play Martin
    Luther King.

    Because his life is a famous work of fiction?

    MacBeth was a real king of Scotland, Hutt, you rancid sperm bubble.

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 4 05:53:16 2022
    On 3/3/2022 7:25 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    In article <16d8d4a8b47f128c$2$448849$48d50260@news.newsdemon.com>,
    trotsky <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:

    On 3/2/2022 12:18 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    In article <W8GdnaEoHtkYGYP_nZ2dnUU7-WnNnZ2d@giganews.com>,
    Bill Anderson <billanderson601@yahoo.com> wrote:

    Denzel Washington is quite good in the title role

    No claims of cultural appropriation here? Strange.

    Imagine the howls of fury if a white guy was cast to play Martin
    Luther King.

    Because his life is a famous work of fiction?

    MacBeth was a real king of Scotland, Hutt, you rancid sperm bubble.


    Oh, were the witches real too? It doesn't make any difference if it was loosely based on history, it's Shakespeare, and it's a feather in the
    cap of any actor that tackles it. Are you really too fucking stupid to understand the gist of what I said? I'm thinking you are, actually.

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 4 05:56:31 2022
    On 3/3/2022 7:25 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    In article <16d8d4a8b47f128c$2$448849$48d50260@news.newsdemon.com>,
    trotsky <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:

    On 3/2/2022 12:18 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    In article <W8GdnaEoHtkYGYP_nZ2dnUU7-WnNnZ2d@giganews.com>,
    Bill Anderson <billanderson601@yahoo.com> wrote:

    Denzel Washington is quite good in the title role

    No claims of cultural appropriation here? Strange.

    Imagine the howls of fury if a white guy was cast to play Martin
    Luther King.

    Because his life is a famous work of fiction?

    MacBeth was a real king of Scotland, Hutt, you rancid sperm bubble.


    P.S. Did I miss the subsequent complaints about Othello being primarily performed by white guys? Holy balls is this stupid.

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  • From BTR1701@21:1/5 to trotsky on Sat Mar 5 12:29:30 2022
    In article <16d92b5837b0dcab$1$3275790$d54a64@news.newsdemon.com>,
    trotsky <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:

    On 3/3/2022 7:25 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    In article <16d8d4a8b47f128c$2$448849$48d50260@news.newsdemon.com>,
    trotsky <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:

    On 3/2/2022 12:18 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    In article <W8GdnaEoHtkYGYP_nZ2dnUU7-WnNnZ2d@giganews.com>,
    Bill Anderson <billanderson601@yahoo.com> wrote:

    Denzel Washington is quite good in the title role

    No claims of cultural appropriation here? Strange.

    Imagine the howls of fury if a white guy was cast to play Martin
    Luther King.

    Because his life is a famous work of fiction?

    MacBeth was a real king of Scotland, Hutt, you rancid sperm bubble.

    Oh, were the witches real too? It doesn't make any difference if it was loosely based on history, it's Shakespeare, and it's a feather in the
    cap of any actor that tackles it. Are you really too fucking stupid to understand the gist of what I said? I'm thinking you are, actually.

    Shakespeare was white. This is white culture. For anyone but white
    people to play the roles is cultural appropriation.

    These are the rules you 'progressives' wanted. Choke on them.

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 6 05:52:26 2022
    On 3/5/2022 2:29 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    In article <16d92b5837b0dcab$1$3275790$d54a64@news.newsdemon.com>,
    trotsky <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:

    On 3/3/2022 7:25 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    In article <16d8d4a8b47f128c$2$448849$48d50260@news.newsdemon.com>,
    trotsky <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:

    On 3/2/2022 12:18 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    In article <W8GdnaEoHtkYGYP_nZ2dnUU7-WnNnZ2d@giganews.com>,
    Bill Anderson <billanderson601@yahoo.com> wrote:

    Denzel Washington is quite good in the title role

    No claims of cultural appropriation here? Strange.

    Imagine the howls of fury if a white guy was cast to play Martin
    Luther King.

    Because his life is a famous work of fiction?

    MacBeth was a real king of Scotland, Hutt, you rancid sperm bubble.

    Oh, were the witches real too? It doesn't make any difference if it was
    loosely based on history, it's Shakespeare, and it's a feather in the
    cap of any actor that tackles it. Are you really too fucking stupid to
    understand the gist of what I said? I'm thinking you are, actually.

    Shakespeare was white. This is white culture. For anyone but white
    people to play the roles is cultural appropriation.

    These are the rules you 'progressives' wanted. Choke on them.


    Right, you're a supporter of Trump and Shakespeare--you're so cultured!
    I hope Anim8r slaps your little bottom just for saying that! GQP!!

    Seriously though get your incredibly weak white supremacist bullshit out
    of here.

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