| re: Andrew Burnap out of Camelot tonight | |
| Posted by: mikem 01:10 pm EDT 07/13/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Andrew Burnap out of Camelot tonight - Delvino 12:35 pm EDT 07/13/23 | |
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| I was thinking about the specific "business partner" term, which is extremely clumsily said by Arthur when it first comes up in a way that seemed like something you'd see on one of those teen Saturday morning shows like Saved By the Bell. You kind of expect there to be a pre-recorded audience track of teenagers going, "Oooooh!" when he says it. He regrets it immediately, and she immediately shows she's disappointed in his use of the term, but he doesn't soften it at all and just digs himself deeper into a hole. To me, that scene was very awkward and poorly written. As you say, the whole situation is not very believable when they've been married for years at that point. What's either of their motivation for carrying on a charade that they don't care about the other person at all for years? A king should care about his queen, even if they didn't marry for love, as he should care about all of his subjects; that would not be a weakness. He's supposed to be fond of her. And she seems to be flirting with him in the opening scene before she finds out he's the king, so why should she stop just because they got married? Why be so icy in response to his overtures? He's told you he has no interest in pursuing other women. When they both confess at the end that they've been in love since the opening scene, it doesn't ring true at all. I don't remember what the original book was like in this regard, but it would make more sense for them to be passionate in the beginning and then he could grow distant as the stresses of ruling the country cause him to snap at her, making Lancelot look more attractive. Then they re-discover their love at the end, although too late. Or some other scenario. But the current production makes them both seem kind of silly, and they're silly in a way that has caused many people to die in a war that wouldn't have happened if at least one of them acted like a grown-up. And it kind of diminishes both of the characters in the eyes of at least this audience member, in a pointless way. |
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