Bethany and I worked on our Merchant of Venice presentation today. This involved an amazing amount of printing, and watching the two movie versions we could get our hands on.
The 2004 version with Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes was far better than the one we're currently watching. The BBC may have stuck neatly to the script but the actors have no life at all; they're like pasteboard dolls. And the guy who was supposed to be Moroccan and somehow turned out to be from India? We merely laughed uncontrollably.
I can't believe none of these people have cracked up yet; they either have no sense of humor or there were a lot of takes.
Today I did some homework; I was having trouble focusing on it and I'm not sure why. I'm totally sure that on Sunday, I will panic, focus, and do the work I have to do, but it seemed like today I really needed the timeout.
Tomorrow we're off to Coventry and Stratford (glee! Shakespeare! After spending an entire day watching and reading and being driven crazy by it, tomorrow I get drowned utterly in it)
Nothing much else to say; long day tomorrow, and I'll probably spend all of my time on the bus trying to get more homework done. I have so much to do I'm afraid I won't finish it.
Cheers,
Bec
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