Titus HILARIOUS
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blue_lotus13Last night Mari and I went to go see the local production of Titus Andronicus. I don't think I've ever had a year where I saw this many Shakespeare plays before.
If you're familiar with Titus, you might not that this play is pretty much a gore-fest. It was one of Shakespeare's first hits, and it's basically his "Reservoir Dogs." It's definitely not my favourite play, but it's worth seeing for the sheer campiness. The body count is around 14.
I won't give away the whole plot, but I will relay some of the funnier moments from the night. There came a point in the evening when the audience just started laughing because the gore was so over the top, like a bad horror movie. As one woman was entering the stage after a vile attack, a happy little ice cream truck entered the park. The juxtaposition of the vile scene on stage and the ice cream truck's happy music made me laugh. I also laughed as some poor family, complete with children, left the park in horror. One poor kid, who was about 10 years old, was even covering his ears.
At one point, when someone got their hand cut off, I couldn't control myself and said loudly, "They're putting the hand in the baggie?" By this point, the cut off limbs were deliberately fake and the whole thing was just ridiculous. When one man brought in a box that was to contain severed heads,a man in the audience behind us said, "Heads up," and I couldn't stop laughing.
After intermission, we ran into someone Mari knew, so we sat on the grass with him. I don't know what was happening on that side of the stage, but people were abnormally flatulent. At one moment, a woman eating popcorn actually RAISED her butt cheek off a picnic bench in order to break wind. She let out a particularly loud and exuberant fart. The three of us looked at each other to make sure that we'd all really seen what we saw before we burst out laughing. It was seriously bizarre. After that, some guy giving his gf a back rub also broke wind a few times. I don't know what it was about that particular play, or the area where we were sitting but holy crap, people just kept on farting until the play was over.
If you're familiar with Titus, you might not that this play is pretty much a gore-fest. It was one of Shakespeare's first hits, and it's basically his "Reservoir Dogs." It's definitely not my favourite play, but it's worth seeing for the sheer campiness. The body count is around 14.
I won't give away the whole plot, but I will relay some of the funnier moments from the night. There came a point in the evening when the audience just started laughing because the gore was so over the top, like a bad horror movie. As one woman was entering the stage after a vile attack, a happy little ice cream truck entered the park. The juxtaposition of the vile scene on stage and the ice cream truck's happy music made me laugh. I also laughed as some poor family, complete with children, left the park in horror. One poor kid, who was about 10 years old, was even covering his ears.
At one point, when someone got their hand cut off, I couldn't control myself and said loudly, "They're putting the hand in the baggie?" By this point, the cut off limbs were deliberately fake and the whole thing was just ridiculous. When one man brought in a box that was to contain severed heads,a man in the audience behind us said, "Heads up," and I couldn't stop laughing.
After intermission, we ran into someone Mari knew, so we sat on the grass with him. I don't know what was happening on that side of the stage, but people were abnormally flatulent. At one moment, a woman eating popcorn actually RAISED her butt cheek off a picnic bench in order to break wind. She let out a particularly loud and exuberant fart. The three of us looked at each other to make sure that we'd all really seen what we saw before we burst out laughing. It was seriously bizarre. After that, some guy giving his gf a back rub also broke wind a few times. I don't know what it was about that particular play, or the area where we were sitting but holy crap, people just kept on farting until the play was over.
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Date: 2009-07-27 02:43 am (UTC)