Shakespeare Electronic Conference, SHK 7.0676. Thursday, 19 September 1996.
(1) From: Charles Ross <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 18 Sep 1996 10:15:27 -0500 (EST)
Subj: Re: SHK 7.0674 Pennington, Player Kings
(2) From: Jimmy Jung <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 18 Sep 1996 11:46am
Subj: RE: Just Like R&J
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From: Charles Ross <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 18 Sep 1996 10:15:27 -0500 (EST)
Subject: 7.0674 Pennington, Player Kings
Comment: Re: SHK 7.0674 Pennington, Player Kings
Re: the recently alleged sublimity of the Fall of Troy speech in Hamlet. The
speech is written to be not magnificent but magnificently second rate. The
image of Priam falling due only to the whiff and wind of Pyrrhus' sword is
wonderfully absurd. That a good actor can make this stuff sound great may
explain why some people accept the recent attribution of the Funeral Elegy to
Shakespeare (although we might posit a scenario in which Shakespeare
deliberately holds back on his powers to compose a second rate poem).
Charles Ross
Purdue Univ.
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From: Jimmy Jung <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 18 Sep 1996 11:46am
Subject: RE: Just Like R&J
Janet asked, "Do I detect a certain snarkiness in the inquiries regarding the
casting of DiCaprio and Danes as R and J?"
No, I think it's pretty cool, and I think some of the recent criticism
regarding Keaton and Heston smacks of elitism. We are talking about Hollywood,
they are trying to entertain and make a buck. From the internet movie database
at <http://us.imdb.com/cache/title-exact/66369>
Jesse Bradford Balthasar
Claire Danes Juliet
Brian Dennehy Ted Montague
Leonardo DiCaprio Romeo
Jamie Kennedy Sampson
Vincent Laresca Abra
John Leguizamo Tybalt
Carlos Martin Manzo Petruchio
Miriam Margolyes Nurse
Dash Mihok Benvolio
Zak Orth Gregory
Harold Perrineau Mercutio
Christina Pickles
Pete Postlethwaite Father Laurence
Paul Stephen Rudd Dave Paris
Paul Sorvino Fulgencio Capulet
Diane Venora Gloria Capulet
M. Emmet Walsh Apothecary
