| re: CAMELOT This Afternoon - SPOILERS |
| Posted by: Delvino 01:28 pm EDT 04/09/23 |
| In reply to: re: CAMELOT This Afternoon - SPOILERS - toros 11:11 am EDT 04/09/23 |
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If Guinevere's love for Arthur isn't at least subtexturally apparent -- an evolving emotional dynamic -- there is no triangle. If this isn't a story about a woman who loves two men, albeit differently and inappropriately, it loses its structural cohesiveness in human terms. The libretto isn't solely about the round table's origin story, it's this knowable trio and how they grapple with unbidden attraction. So many friends have shared that the Arthur-Guinevere relationship here feels entirely cerebral, which -- hate to be so bluntly shallow -- seems odd with the casting of Arthur, who at the very least commands as a strong traditional leading man. No, erotic attraction isn't determined by externals (alone). Yet the nuance here was always loving two people simultaneously. Even the bloated film nailed that.
To those who have seen the production: is this playing as a cleaner piece of storytelling? That an arranged marriage hits a sociopolitical snag because one half falls for a third party? And the resulting dalliance undercuts the credibility of the kingdom's moral integrity? Is that as satisfying as the same result from a more complex romantic entanglement? I guess I've always appreciated the way the story -- unwieldy as it has been -- can manage to fold in both angles. Especially in a nearly 3 hour running time. |
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