miércoles, 13 de octubre de 2010

B for Bendetta on Star Trek

After finding myself somewhat clueless when attempting to execute a decent comparison between two of Hamlets soliloquies, I decided I was going to turn to the pros, and by turning to the pros it was necessary to go back to the Basics. 

I'm talking about Patrick Stewart.   

I can predict what your thinking, YOU think, that I'm turning to good ol' Patrick just because he was Jean-Luc Picard, or just because he was good ol' Xavier. And I cant deny, this guy has something going on for wisdom, I mean, he is always the smart ass elder who shuts everybody up or its the dude that everybody turns to for advices, while still able to hold his modesty by having a day just for him. (Note min. 1:55). As some Star Trek geek once said about Captain Picard: "Picard is deemed the ultimate delegator of authority, knowing how to gather and use data better than any other Star Trek captain. His leadership style is best suited to a large, process-centric, either geographically identical or diverse team." Wow, Paul Kimberly and David R. Webb, wow. you really have something going on for ol' Picard, I mean, you wrote and ENTIRE serious PAPER about it! (Please note their pictures at the bottom of the page.)

Well, yes I must admit I've been influenced to a certain extent by this factor, but the real reason for which I am turning to Mr. Stewart  in this occasion is simply because he is a prodigious actor and an active participant of The Royal Shakespeare Company. This man has played various astounding roles in many adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, being in over 60 productions of just Shakespeare. Casually, he also played Claudius in the 2008 Hamlet adaptation were David Tennant is the main role. The Hamlet in the soliloquy of Act. 2 Scene. 2. I personally would agree that Mr. Stewart would be very pleased with Tennants performance, since despite being obnoxiously modern, it conveys a fruitful piece of alternative focus. Tennants Hamlet is exquisite and obscene, a definite breakthrough in drama. Mr. Stewart must know, since the man itself was the leading role of a "photo negative" adaptation of Othello in 1997, in which an all-black cast contrasted with white Othello, being an extremely vivacious racial-bending approach to Shakespeare. In parallelism, Kenneth Brangh's Hamlet is much more conservative, despite being extraordinarily expressive, focusing more in performance than props. Mr. Stewart would not appreciate it as much, (he would), I just want to pretend that he wouldn't. Either way, both performances are astounding and impressive, each having secular and juxtaposing notabilities.

As a proof and as my inspiration, I would like to present to you one of many prolific Mr. Estewart's performances, in this occasion performing a soliloquy. Mr. Stewart also turned to the very basics, but recalling his snobbish spiritual self, I think this simplistic piece of art holds unimagined sights of lucidity. Or meth addiction. 

(I would like to clarify that by no means I would like to be considered a Star Trek geek or freak or wathever.)
   
   

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