I fell in love with this production of Shakespeare’s Othello at University of Victoria’s Phoenix Theatre the way Othello fell in love with Desdemona – completely and in the play’s prehistory.
When I Take Breaks, I Parody Nietzsche
"I teach you The Overthought. Regular thought is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome it?" This sounded exactly like the antithesis of an ad for a self-help podcast .
In Which I Rate The Hollow Crown Henriad Actors Based On Their Hollowness And Crownness
Listen. Not to sound like Ken Branagh but I also think the only right adaptation of Shakespeare is one directed by me, produced by me and starring me. But since BBC has a multimillion dollar budget and I have a mason jar half full with five cents coins, I’ll settle for reviewing the next best … Continue reading In Which I Rate The Hollow Crown Henriad Actors Based On Their Hollowness And Crownness
A Thoreau Reading of Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
It has always seemed to literary snobs that what one reads is a crucial metric for evaluative judgements, that there can be inferred a strange equation of what one reads and what one is. While this works in the case of Frankenstein’s monster, Matilda and members of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, … Continue reading A Thoreau Reading of Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
Why The Romantics Have Monopoly Over Nature In Our Poetic Consciousness
An exercise in which I pit the Romantics against every collection of Indian poetry on my bookshelves, which is a shameful total of three and counting but that is what this piece is about. For the better part of my life, I have said my favourite poet is Keats. And I have followed that up … Continue reading Why The Romantics Have Monopoly Over Nature In Our Poetic Consciousness
A Review of The Goldfinch
Warning: Contains one explosion and one hanging bird. Rating: 4.69/5 Stars Hello and welcome to this latest post on Off With Your Read, wherein I demonstrate remarkable restraint while trying to express the enormous love I have for Donna Tartt and her books. So the Goldfinch. In all honesty, this book was meant to be … Continue reading A Review of The Goldfinch
The Most Excellent And Lamentable Tragedie Of Reading Comprehension And Judgement Of Artistic Sorts
Wherein I navigate bad Romeo and Juliet takes using bad metaphors in very much the same way Shakespeare didn’t. Where I’m from, Romeo and Juliet is often, for no fault of yours, your introduction to Shakespeare. I don’t know why high school boards think that is a great idea. And speaking of ideas, only lukewarm … Continue reading The Most Excellent And Lamentable Tragedie Of Reading Comprehension And Judgement Of Artistic Sorts
