Shakespeare's Love Juice
Jul. 15th, 2010 02:17 pmI'm watching "A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)." I'm surprised how good this production is. The speaking fairies aside from Oberon and Titania are all children. And it has James Cagney wearing a puppet!donkey head. The fairies look awesome and sparkly. Oberon looks a bit like a giant black sparkling Katamari with tree roots on his head. The acting is great. The only thing that bugs me that Titania has a warbly, sometimes giggly soft Disney Princess voice. I can't understand some of her lines.
OBERON
This falls out better than I could devise.
But hast thou yet latch'd the Athenian's eyes
With the love-juice, as I did bid thee do?
PUCK
I took him sleeping,--that is finish'd too,--
And the Athenian woman by his side:
That, when he waked, of force she must be eyed.
I saw what you did thar, Mr. Bard. This line really should not be uttered by a 12 year old Mickey Rooney (fact checking on Wiki tells me he was 15, but he looks 12). His laugh is pretty creepy. He's constantly laughing and annoying, which befit Puck.
OBERON
This falls out better than I could devise.
But hast thou yet latch'd the Athenian's eyes
With the love-juice, as I did bid thee do?
PUCK
I took him sleeping,--that is finish'd too,--
And the Athenian woman by his side:
That, when he waked, of force she must be eyed.
I saw what you did thar, Mr. Bard. This line really should not be uttered by a 12 year old Mickey Rooney (fact checking on Wiki tells me he was 15, but he looks 12). His laugh is pretty creepy. He's constantly laughing and annoying, which befit Puck.