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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 13.2393  Tuesday, 10 December 2002

From:           Nancy Charlton <n.charlton@attbi.com>
Date:           Monday, 09 Dec 2002 09:31:18 -0800
Subject:        Baz Luhrman Review

While this isn't strictly Shakespeare, I suspect I am not the only
subscriber to this list who received with mixed feelings the news that
Baz Luhrman is mounting a production of Puccini's "La Boheme."  I had a
chance to watch his R&J recently and I couldn't endure five minutes of
it, and thus wondered what kind of a hash he'd make of Boheme. So I was
surprised this morning to find that the NY Times has given it an
unqualified rave.  Well, if not exactly a rave, at least unqualified!

>With the films "Strictly Ballroom," "Romeo and Juliet" and
>"Moulin Rouge," Mr. Luhrmann and Ms. Martin brought an exultant,
>defiantly stagey sense of theatricality to the cinema. With "La
>Bohème" they have reversed the equation, bringing to the theater
>a cinematic flow.

La Boheme, the film, coming up next?

The full article may be found at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/arts/theater/09BOHE.html?todaysheadlines

Nancy Charlton

P.S. Just as an aside, didn't the Prez do a dramaturgical job in his
choice of new Sec'y of the Treasury. Who would better suited to
overseeing the public treasure than one honest John who could Snow the
people and even cover the Bush itself. But all concerned, especially
those in the stock market, should watch that "in the dark/ How easy is a
bush supposed a bear."

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