I’m watching the Maxine Peake Hamlet in Amazon Prime.
I must confess that I’ve never really understood why Hamlet is such a dick to Ophelia.
And then her subsequent mental break doesn’t quite feel “earned.” I suppose it conforms to stereotypes of female mental illness that were prevalent at the time. I’m confident seven million pages of feminist theory have been written on this, but I don’t really feel like reading it.
I always feel like Hamlet and Ophelia should be younger. But I guess not many young actors can do the part. Romeo and Juliet has the same problem.
I must confess that I’ve never really understood why Hamlet is such a dick to Ophelia.
And then her subsequent mental break doesn’t quite feel “earned.” I suppose it conforms to stereotypes of female mental illness that were prevalent at the time. I’m confident seven million pages of feminist theory have been written on this, but I don’t really feel like reading it.
I always feel like Hamlet and Ophelia should be younger. But I guess not many young actors can do the part. Romeo and Juliet has the same problem.
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