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All art is political, otherwise it's just decoration; all artists have something to say, otherwise they might as well make shoes.
Clarissa 2022-03-25 09:01:15
Whether Shakespeare's plays were written by Shakespeare himself has always been the focus of people's attention. This film seems to have expounded on this issue, but it has also aroused the dissatisfaction of many Shakespeare fans. Guessing and interpretations from different perspectives are sometimes interesting to watch, but what I can't stand is that the screenwriter and director even let Elizabeth go, letting her have an incest with her illegitimate child without knowing it. Too bloody. There are a lot of fragments of Shakespeare's plays in the film. This is very attractive to me, as if I saw the enthusiasm of people watching plays in the 16th century and the dramatic performances at that time. If there was no incest clip, I would give it five stars, what a pity!
Extended Reading
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Anne De Vere: You, your friends, your blasphemous theater have brought nothing but ruin and dishonor to this family.
Ben Jonson: Ruin? Dishonor? My lady, you, your family, even I, even Queen Elizabeth herself will be remembered solely because we had the honor to live whilst your husband put ink to paper.
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Earl of Oxford: All art is political, Jonson. Otherwise it would just be decoration.