tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post5748020131821567275..comments2023-05-30T08:29:42.770-04:00Comments on The Erotica Readers & Writers Association Blog: Heads. Heads. Heads. Heads. Heads.Croco Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417265522875605547noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-1364034373721916572014-03-29T20:09:29.473-04:002014-03-29T20:09:29.473-04:00Very likely. However you perceive the characters, ...Very likely. However you perceive the characters, Twelfth Night seems to be the queerest of Shakespere's plays, and there is gender-bending in alll of them.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-1064498214552878272014-03-28T00:57:56.643-04:002014-03-28T00:57:56.643-04:00I wish someone would film both with the same cast ...I wish someone would film both with the same cast so it would truly be seamless. The film version of RAGAD, alas, has a mediocre Hamlet. He's far too Laurence Oliver for current audiences. kathleenbradean@yahoo.comhttp://kathleenbradean.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-68533047922608061172014-03-28T00:54:49.210-04:002014-03-28T00:54:49.210-04:00I should watch Arcadia.I should watch Arcadia.kathleenbradean@yahoo.comhttp://kathleenbradean.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-17277548485796284212014-03-28T00:54:01.437-04:002014-03-28T00:54:01.437-04:00I wonder sometimes if the audience "forgot&qu...I wonder sometimes if the audience "forgot" the actor was male and got swept along with the part, or if it was the broadest wink ever to the audience, basically saying "I know you know these are boys playing maids, You're smarter than my characters who think these are real women. Now here's a joke within a joke for you - he's going to pretend to be a maid pretending to be a lad."kathleenbradean@yahoo.comhttp://kathleenbradean.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-54835016700193367442014-03-27T20:15:16.014-04:002014-03-27T20:15:16.014-04:00Oh yes! Keep trying. I wrote a short 3-woman lesbi...Oh yes! Keep trying. I wrote a short 3-woman lesbian spoof that I called "Thirteenth Night," then expanded & revised that into "A Well-Placed Pinch," which is in Shakespearotica: Queering the Bard. But there are characters & subplots in Twelfth Night that I haven't touched. It's hard even to stage convincingly, since 2 characters are a brother & sister who apparently look identical (aspects of the same person?).Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-33595779460887775942014-03-27T18:05:03.759-04:002014-03-27T18:05:03.759-04:00I've attempt and failed a Twelfth Night inspir...I've attempt and failed a Twelfth Night inspired piece. One of these days I'll make it work.kathleenbradean@yahoo.comhttp://kathleenbradean.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-60068355980865338362014-03-27T15:36:30.195-04:002014-03-27T15:36:30.195-04:00One thing I admire about the late Margaret Laurenc...One thing I admire about the late Margaret Laurence (Canadian novelist) is the strength of her secondary characters, each of whom could star in his/her own plot. Re Shakespeare's plays, I think the surrealism of RAGAD inspired a whole series of dreams I had, loosely based on Shakespeare plays. (Midsummer Night's Dream raises the uncomfortable question of whether love can be caused by a "spell," and how else the messy quadrangle of 2 men & 2 women could have been sorted out differently, and all the plays play with gender roles - numerous "female" characters played by male actors, often "disguised" as young men in the plays.) <br />I'm sure I'm not the only one who has tried to create a secondary character to support the plot, but he/she develops a whole personality. :)Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-11337177888262492392014-03-27T08:35:10.327-04:002014-03-27T08:35:10.327-04:00I haven't thought about RAGAD for ages, but al...I haven't thought about RAGAD for ages, but also studied it in high school. Brilliant - though I think I appreciate it more now, after your post.<br /><br />One thing about romance, especially romance series - secondary characters matter. Very frequently, they will get their own books later in the series. That's a hard concept for me to get my head around, though I recently did create a secondary character who deserves her own story.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-87969011637833013942014-03-25T17:22:46.764-04:002014-03-25T17:22:46.764-04:00I just saw Stoppard's Arcadia last week. Insan...I just saw Stoppard's Arcadia last week. Insanely good. I'll have to add RAGAD to the to-watch list.Jeffrey Rickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04092417221754047322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-7094275219164218702014-03-24T11:21:23.913-04:002014-03-24T11:21:23.913-04:00Tom Stoppard loves language and it shines through ...Tom Stoppard loves language and it shines through in RAGAD. The tennis court scene is a writer's delight. <br /><br />Confession: I laugh the hardest and longest when the leader of the acting troupe says something like "It's a real bloodbath. Eight dead," about the mummer's version of Hamlet. Rosencrantz says "No, only six." Next shot - his and Gildenstern's characters in the mummer's version being hanged. (and there's the other two) But I have an odd sense of humor.Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-37968500680122196782014-03-24T09:03:18.707-04:002014-03-24T09:03:18.707-04:00i LOVED Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. we ...i LOVED Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. we studied it in high school, along with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. I blame such works for my irreverence. i love the idea that good secondary characters have something else going on. thanks for the tip :)Amanda Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059621442042833693noreply@blogger.com