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15178510 No.15178510 [Reply] [Original]

Why are plays so shit?

>> No.15178520

Theatre is extremely limited.

>> No.15178733

>shakespeare is SHIT
Thanks for sharing with the class junior, next zoom call is at ten on monday

>> No.15178798

>>15178733
He's perfected it, why do people still try?

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>>15178510
Attend a performance of Glengarry Glen Ross, or Edmond, and *then* tell me plays are shit.

>> No.15179764

>>15178510
Because you want to just read the dialogue but you have to keep reading who is speaking and it disrupts the natural rhythm of conversation also the stage directions if it has any.

>> No.15179818

>>15179764
I feel like plays don't reach the depths of literature (other than Shakespeare don't derail my point) and don't reach the heights of film, it's like the worst of both worlds
Acting, sets, visual storytelling, etc is done better in film
Exploration of themes is done better in literature
There's also a lack of subtlety in plays, it always feels like they're saying shit then looking at the audience/reader like "see? that's the theme there." Too many nudges at the audience