Oh, that sounds like the perfect production of Titus! It's so totally the work of a young lion trying to be more shocking than his contemporaries. Stories about of people fainting en masse in various productions. And indeed, I very much doubt if there is a deeper meaning.
Rock and roll and Shakespeare can work quite well together. There was the delightful scene at Hero's tomb in the recent Much Ado production, when Claudio plays a heavy metal version of "Pardon Godess of the Night" on his ghetto blaster and wallows in adolescent angst.
Rather apprehensive about the Politician's Husband tonight, which features Tennant brutally raping his wife. (Won't be the first time, he did it in Recovery). He is certainly versatile.
Oh, Alan Wilson commented on my blog and claims that there was a plan originally for Rose to die in POTW, either immediately (if the show wasn't renewed) or slowly through S2. It was cancelled when CE left, he says. That is a very interesting idea and could explain some of the febrile behaviour in S2, if the Doctor was travelling with Rose and knew they were on borrowed time. It puts Tooth and Claw, particularly, in a whole new light. I've never thought of it as a CE episode, but I can see it now - Eccles antagonising Queen Victoria because he's losing Rose anyway and doesn't give a shit what happens. And thence comes Torchwood.
As for US TV seasons being too long, I tend to agree - and isn't it the case that everyone wants to make it to S7 because then they get syndication rights? Off the top of my head, about the only series I can think of that manages to keep the UST going successfully for that long is Bones.
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Date: 2013-05-02 01:29 pm (UTC)Rock and roll and Shakespeare can work quite well together. There was the delightful scene at Hero's tomb in the recent Much Ado production, when Claudio plays a heavy metal version of "Pardon Godess of the Night" on his ghetto blaster and wallows in adolescent angst.
Rather apprehensive about the Politician's Husband tonight, which features Tennant brutally raping his wife. (Won't be the first time, he did it in Recovery). He is certainly versatile.
Oh, Alan Wilson commented on my blog and claims that there was a plan originally for Rose to die in POTW, either immediately (if the show wasn't renewed) or slowly through S2. It was cancelled when CE left, he says. That is a very interesting idea and could explain some of the febrile behaviour in S2, if the Doctor was travelling with Rose and knew they were on borrowed time. It puts Tooth and Claw, particularly, in a whole new light. I've never thought of it as a CE episode, but I can see it now - Eccles antagonising Queen Victoria because he's losing Rose anyway and doesn't give a shit what happens. And thence comes Torchwood.
As for US TV seasons being too long, I tend to agree - and isn't it the case that everyone wants to make it to S7 because then they get syndication rights? Off the top of my head, about the only series I can think of that manages to keep the UST going successfully for that long is Bones.