The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 12.2122  Thursday, 6 September 2001

From:           Gary Allen <
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Date:           Wed, 5 Sep 2001 20:19:36 EDT
Subject: 12.2105 Re: Reviews, etc. of O
Comment:        Re: SHK 12.2105 Re: Reviews, etc. of O

>Has anyone noticed that the post for O makes Julia Stiles look dark
>skinned?

Not only Julia, but the players of both Emilia and Cassio are also
rather darker than their wonted hue.  This version of "Othello" places
him among students at an all-white Carolina school, yet Rain Phoenix
(sister to River and Joaquin) and Andrew Keegan--neither of them
Hispanic, as far as I know--are made to appear quite dark.  I kept
waiting for an explanation during the course of the film, but there was
none.

Gary

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