See, everything, EVERYTHING, is so disjointed - the clothing, the acting styles, even the physical layout of the stage. Which if you take it as some kind of reflection of Hamlet's fragmented psyche (taking the whole "the time is out of joint" thing literally, lol)... sort of makes sense?
This is totally fascinating because it could, strangely, work like that--I'd forgotten the "time is out of joint" line, actually!
I find I'm able to sympathize with Hamlet better when Claudius is much nastier or when it's clearer that Hamlet is stone-cold sane the whole time. In this one, though, you know, Claudius wasn't really convincingly bad and Hamlet was just causing chaos and sadness wherever he went and truly seemed like he had lost it. I never am sure what Shakespeare's original intention was, though, so it's fun to see the different interpretations! :)
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Date: 2015-11-09 02:00 am (UTC)This is totally fascinating because it could, strangely, work like that--I'd forgotten the "time is out of joint" line, actually!
I find I'm able to sympathize with Hamlet better when Claudius is much nastier or when it's clearer that Hamlet is stone-cold sane the whole time. In this one, though, you know, Claudius wasn't really convincingly bad and Hamlet was just causing chaos and sadness wherever he went and truly seemed like he had lost it. I never am sure what Shakespeare's original intention was, though, so it's fun to see the different interpretations! :)