Tom Holland In Romeo & Juliet Review | Jamie Lloyd Production Review | London Theatre Review
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- I'm honestly so sad that I didn't enjoy this, the hype and reviews I had seen before the show made me so excited so to leave feeling flat and out of pocket wasn't great. But at the end of the day this is only my opinion, so for others they may love this show!
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Going ultra-minimalist with Shakespeare (in the original prose) was a mistake. It was almost inevitable that audiences would be bored and confused, especially if the actors are also emoting minimally.
@@Serithe exactly! I thought if I can’t understand what they are saying at least a colourful set and costumes would occupy me… 😅
@@victoriaevangelineee I hope, at some point, you'll give Shakespeare another chance: in his time, he was a playwright working for cash and audiences, just like playwrights do now. He wasn't writing to be studied and worshipped. The language is rich and archaic for us, but it's still English, and the stories are strong. I think a cool re-introduction to Shakespeare might be the Mel Gibson "Hamlet", which pares things down kind of neatly, and gives us a nice narrative drive, understands the humor in the play, and, with it being Mel Gibson and all, includes a nice amount of action.
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So I studied Romeo and Juliet HEAVILY at university and I can tell you right now they cut out very key contextual scenes, making it difficult to understand in places for my friends who didn't know the text as well. Romeo and Juliet is designed to be a comedic tragedy, but that's due to the lighter fluffy elements, which can be aided by the scenery. However, it did not working in this context because they stripped all the light and fluffiness from it with the lighting and set design. Romeo and Juliet is FULL of jokes, if done properly. I think this production was very flat. I get what they were trying to do but they missed the bar massively
@@cathdarwen8962this makes a lot of sense! You can tell there was a vision to be different but they did just get it it wrong🤣
@@victoriaevangelineee The 1996 film I thought did a great job with Benvolio and Mercutio who a lot of the comedic relief falls on, but maybe its too 90s for modern audiences. The nurse too, not that serious. Miriam Margolyes is the nurse in the film, you might know her as Professor Sprout from Harry Potter, really wonderful performances in the film all around. .
Yeah...there may have been a world where Jamie Lloyd could have applied his aesthetic and directing style onto Shakespeare and it could have worked out, but this was a step (or 5) too far. He has a thing about cameras and using film in the theatre, but like you said, you're coming to see theatre, not a movie. The thing about Shakespeare is that you could just read it, but to really understand it, you need to see it up on its feet. With this it seems like Jamie Lloyd was more interested in stripping things away, which made it really no different than just reading it in a classroom. And the cameras...dear lord, there was no need for them, they just got in the way, throw them out!
@@onthemetro410 you hit the nail on the head there! It could have been executed brilliantly🤣
agreed. JL should be careful going forward - not everyone will let this pass considering the hoopla around the ticket scarcity....casting Tom H didn't save this. This reminded me of something fringey you'd see in Brooklyn that worried more about the style and message they are adding rather than letting the underlying play breathe (this last bit is exactly what JL said he's trying to do in the program - it says "he's getting out of the way of the play itself".....did he do that here? did he?). This all being said, he elevated Sunset so giving him leeway. Also his style is 101% perfect for his upcoming Godot....so good on him.
We disagree about Cherry
@@LongJonBronze no way! You not a fan? I think its a really marmite movie!
@@victoriaevangelineee I think there's good things, Holland is giving it his all. But the ultimate product is a weird mess.
Have ya seen The Crowded Room?
@@LongJonBronze hehe just goes to show different opinions! I thought it was a masterpiece!
@@victoriaevangelineee which is fair enough