Much Ado About Nothing

[Recidiva]

The actor who played Boracchio in the Whedon version was so completely forgettable, which is a shame, because it's a great part.

 

[slave_]

That! Him!

I remember an acting workshop where I had to work through that monologue and it was painful and difficult and I had to manufacture images and motivations and make them genuine, make them real to me, react to them, inspire people to see them with me...and then years later I watched him do it. Oh holy...look at that. I can't do that. That's amazing.

Best. Chorus. Ever.

You got me started, dammit.

Now I'm watching it for the ninth time...

oh by golly gosh damn hell and blast it

Most excellent prologue to a most excellent play.

I do not care WHAT Derek Jacobi is in, I Claudius, Henry V, Hamlet, Cadfael, anything! He is always amazing!

...and that Chorus from Henry V!... Breathtaking! When I first saw that I was spellbound! His costume... genius!

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/7bnKr-5D2qo/hqdefault.jpg

 

[Recidiva]

I do not care WHAT Derek Jacobi is in, I Claudius, Henry V, Hamlet, Cadfael, anything! He is always amazing!

...and that Chorus from Henry V!... Breathtaking! When I first saw that I was spellbound! His costume... genius!

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/7bnKr-5D2qo/hqdefault.jpg

That's what I love about his use of symbols and voice. He's showing the actual cliffs of Dover while saying he has no cliffs of Dover...

This is a version of a show where your cast isn't set in a modern time, but you're just going to look like the film director in a damned Peacoat.

My brain would have exploded and I bet he just shrugged off all of the cognitive dissonance and just figured "I'm gonna say stuff and since I'm Derek Jacobi..."

He's right. Gotta give it to him when he's right.

And I adore the guy for so many reasons. "Dead Again" being just one of them. Playing a stutterer who overcame his disability.

 

[Byron In Exile]

I do not care WHAT Derek Jacobi is in, I Claudius, Henry V, Hamlet, Cadfael, anything! He is always amazing!

...and that Chorus from Henry V!... Breathtaking! When I first saw that I was spellbound! His costume... genius!

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/7bnKr-5D2qo/hqdefault.jpg

 

[Byron In Exile]

("I Claudius" is awesome, just as an aside)

 

[Recidiva]

("I Claudius" is awesome, just as an aside)

Yes, I'm just grateful to see a genius appreciated in his lifetime.