Titus Andronicus In Brief

[snarp]

TITUS: Man, what the fuck is wrong with me?

AARON: No, what the fuck is wrong with me! (Me!)

*LAVINIA has no frickin' hands anymore.*

LITTLE LUCIUS: What the fuck is wrong with Lavinia?

TITUS: She's fine! *kills her because there is something fucking wrong with him*

AARON: I work at a goth club. Bartending. In the dark. THE NASTY SYMBOLIC RACIAL DARK THAT IS

*AARON'S KID is maybe Othello? Symbolically?*

Comments

[elongated-tito.livejournal.com]

I saw Titus Andronicus at the Globe. It wasn't very good at all. But then, it's generally considered to be Shakespeare's worst play, I think.

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It is incredibly stupid. And the parts the ought to be funny-stupid keep getting ruined by stuff that is unintentionally horrible. Like, I would enjoy Aaron's brainlessly over-the-top villain talk immensely, if it weren't completely disgustingly racist.

[elongated-tito.livejournal.com]

Well, remember when it was written. Racism was okay then.

I hated Titus killing Lavinia. It came completely out of nowhere and was apparently just to make a point about his inner torment or need for revenge or something. Really gratuitous.

Are you reading Titus for class or something? I can't imagine that you're just doing it for fun.

[snarp]

But Othello wasn't that bad! This is just evil!

Presumably he felt he needed a clean sweep of dead Andronicii, for... narrative reasons. And not misogynistic ones. No, no.

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