tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-24436442387607043152008-05-05T09:14:00.000-05:002008-05-05T09:14:00.000-05:002008-05-05T09:14:00.000-05:00Thanks for your note, Camille.<BR/><BR/>I, too, am interested in the Shakespeare. If Season 1 is the viewer's whirlwind courtship -- and it was mine -- then Season 2 is when I asked it to marry me. Look for the moment I sank to my knee: It involves a discussion of how Macbeth must be played. An actor who openly disdains Geoffrey's interpretation is mocking him to another seasoned actor, who, in turn, softly asks, "What did he have in mind?" The other actor explains. Then the older actor, instead of disparaging the offbeat interpretation, says, in effect, "Now *that's* interesting."<BR/><BR/>In Season 3, the Lear season, I all but wept during the juxtaposition of the first musical rehearsal and the first read-through of Lear.<BR/><BR/>Remember, Lear is the storm.<BR/><BR/>It was a brilliant show, all the more brilliant for its three-season (three-act) arc, its unabashed scenes about "doing Shakespeare," and its fearless [*SPOILER ALERT*]...<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>evisceration of a character who seemed poised for redemption.<BR/><BR/>Happy watching.<BR/><BR/>Melissa© 2003-2008 Mental multivitamin/M-mvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03399560628858130962noreply@blogger.com