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Tanya 2022-04-12 08:01:01

Billy can't let go of playing a woman because he thinks women are beautiful, a man playing a woman is an art, and a man playing a man is the norm and not worthy of praise. And the art he appreciates is highly stylized, which is exactly the same as Dan Kok's motives.

The significance of Claire is not that women perform on stage - this has long been opened in the court, and the king's mistress can play male roles - but to bring a natural way of performance to the stage. Since then, drama has replaced the stubbornness of costume details, gestures, and rhythm of lines with a high degree of restoration of life, refinement of life, and expression of life.

The bed scene between the two is more like a dance, with advance and retreat, and mirror imitation. And Billy broke through his own magic barrier and really played Othello well, especially the fear and regret after the murder, and completely put himself into the role, which is extremely rare for him. The final ending happy ending is not only that the two are together, but that he admits "I want to kill you, but you are not dead, I finally understand the scene of death". That is to say, he really loved Desdemona as deeply as Othello. This is the complete perfection, and the crooked man is really straightened.

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Stage Beauty quotes

  • [Ned is showing Maria different sexual positions; Maria is now on her stomach underneath him]

    Maria: So, who am I now?

    Ned Kynaston: You're the man.

    [laughs]

    Ned Kynaston: Uh, you're the woman.

    Maria: [giggles] And you're?

    Ned Kynaston: I'm the man, or so I assume. Seldom get up here, quite a view.

    Maria: But I'm the man-woman.

    Ned Kynaston: Yes, you're the man-woman.

  • Nell Gwynn: A man isn't how he walks or how he speaks. It's what he does.

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