(December 6, 2020 at 7:42 pm)Belacqua Wrote:(December 6, 2020 at 7:37 pm)Chas Wrote: I can't enjoy a Shakespeare play where English nobles are played by non-Caucasians. It's simply too jarring and distracting.
Your mileage may vary.
No one can enjoy Shakespeare plays where Italian people speak English. It just isn't realistic.
I can enjoy them, and it's perfectly reasonable that the Italian characters speak English - Shakespeare was writing for an English audience.
If you claim that you 'can't enjoy' a piece because the Italians speak English or the Dutch speak French or the Swedes speak Spanish, you're cutting yourself off from every piece of literature ever translated. THAT'S what isn't realistic.
Boru
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