Random and inconsistent snippets from an unstructured mind. My truth may not be your truth. A fact is a fact only by standing on it.
It can't fall down, there is nothing holding it up...
Except some sort of capitalist exploitation. The writer is a 3rd generation Indigenous Australian. Not, i might add, Aboriginal - two different concepts.
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Role reversal
Try casting a Shakespeare performance with females as males, and males as females.
Now it's my turn to 'not understand' your comment, Hayden. Have to admit that these last series of "snippet" posts were prompted by some things that I was reading/thinking about elsewhere, and don't actually make sense by themselves. I just 'forgot' to write the 'explanations'.
This one was prompted by a post,and comment that I made over at Gerry's, interesting concept "role reversal". Watched a play once upon a long time ago where the "roles' were specifically changed - females took the male roles and visa versa. Have to say that the blokes could find their 'femininity' easier than the females could find anything anywhere approaching 'masculinity'.
now he has asked me to explain, and am not sure that I can. Will have to think about it.
was being silly. Seems like all of the male characters in Shakespeare get to wear swords and slash each other, while the women are unconstrained in other, sex-traditional ways.
of course, Juliet got to borrow the dagger, but that seems to have been a clear error.
5 comments:
cool. I get the sword this time.
Now it's my turn to 'not understand' your comment, Hayden.
Have to admit that these last series of "snippet" posts were prompted by some things that I was reading/thinking about elsewhere, and don't actually make sense by themselves. I just 'forgot' to write the 'explanations'.
This one was prompted by a post,and comment that I made over at Gerry's,
interesting concept "role reversal". Watched a play once upon a long time ago where the "roles' were specifically changed - females took the male roles and visa versa. Have to say that the blokes could find their 'femininity' easier than the females could find anything anywhere approaching 'masculinity'.
now he has asked me to explain, and am not sure that I can. Will have to think about it.
was being silly. Seems like all of the male characters in Shakespeare get to wear swords and slash each other, while the women are unconstrained in other, sex-traditional ways.
of course, Juliet got to borrow the dagger, but that seems to have been a clear error.
just being silly.
If I can make you think, then I am glad... ;-)
Shakespeare is a bad example. In his day only men and boys could act, so the "women" are always dressing up and acting like men.
I've always hankered to do Stanley in "Streetcar Named Desire."
STELLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAA!
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