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Originally Posted by Jenson71

I finished reading King Lear yesterday. It was incredible, and I can't wait to know it more thoroughly. It's definitely my favorite Shakespeare (out of Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, and Hamlet -- although I need to go over Hamlet again due to age). As for one adaptation, I've seen A Thousand Acres, but did not care it. It looked like every Iowan male is a selfish, cruel, oppressor of women in their hick farms. It was bordering ridiculous. And now I know how tragic Lear is, whereas in Acres, "he" is despicable.

But . . . next up is Kurosawa's Ran. I'll watch that maybe tonight but probably more likely next two days. Definitely looking forward to it.

I wrote a nice paper about the role of vision in King Lear. It IS an incredible play.