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Their ruthlessness makes the soft-bellied, physically helpless old man feel macho by association.
Soon enough, though, EyresLearsettles into a more traditional groove, notwithstanding the modern embellishments.
We should acknowledge here that an unexpurgatedLearis troublesome for theater companies no matter how much text they preserve.
Its a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-dont play.
To the 21st-century eye, these may seem like mistakes does YouTube have a Shakespearean goofs channel?
even if they open up fresh avenues of interpretation for spectators whove committed to Shakespeares aesthetic.
As is usually the case with top-drawer BBC Shakespeare adaptations, the actors are terrific.
(How did a family that awful produce a woman that honorable, anyway?)
However you feel about the particulars of Eyres adaptation, thisLearcaptures the heart of the play.
