Jul. 15th, 2010

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I'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.

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