Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on January 27, 2023, 11:24:41 AM
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Went to see this in the cinema last night. It was very good, and I do appreciate being able to watch it in a seat that fits someone of my size. There was a short film in the interval where they talked about the staging being about making it feel more relevant to our time. Tbh, while I liked the staging zi didn't feel it did that much - after all it's not really that old a play, and though there was a resonant message at the time, in some ways it feels prophetic of the impact of social media.
One interesting decision was gor the entire cast to do obvious American accents. It took a little getting used to and I think created a distance that doesn't normally exist.
As usual in watching it, I found Abigail Williams, a not fully fleshed out character. She always seems to be a catalyst more than a character.
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One interesting decision was gor the entire cast to do obvious American accents. It took a little getting used to and I think created a distance that doesn't normally exist.
I suppose it depends how good they are. As a rule, I am generally against affecting accents in this way. A modern American accent is probably nearly as wrong as a modern British accent, if you are trying to keep it authentic.
I have to admit that I've never seen The Crucible.
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I suppose it depends how good they are. As a rule, I am generally against affecting accents in this way. A modern American accent is probably nearly as wrong as a modern British accent, if you are trying to keep it authentic.
I have to admit that I've never seen The Crucible.
It's not an effort to keep it authentic given the play is set in 1692, it's generally done in the UK with no change to American accents.
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It's not an effort to keep it authentic given the play is set in 1692, it's generally done in the UK with no change to American accents.
Yes, so I ask why did they do it in this case?
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Yes, so I ask why did they do it in this case?
My take is to emphasise the remoteness of the settlement from the 'old country', so that the appearance of civilisation was balanced with it being on the edge of a huge unexplored continent.
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I have to admit that I've never seen The Crucible.
I saw The Crucible in The Crucible (more famous for snooker, for a long time).
I cannot remember any accents being used, but there were a lot of parallel predictions that can be recognised now.
It's still on the lines of remembering what happened then and applying it to now (such as AT@e* mobs of consispiracies etc, etc.
(* I was going to spell it much more rudely, but I thought I probably shouldn't.)