Unironically is this a good performance? I'm too jaded to tell

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZVR4Ry3jQ

>>212695337 (OP)
lol who he even talkin to?

Is Shakespeare the greatest shitposter of all time?

>>212695365
Old plays had long segments where the main character would talk to themselves. I'm not even joking, this was common. It's retarded but it was the style at the time I guess

>>212695337 (OP)
Hell no. Andrew Scott is a fine actor when he's not being a flamboyant queen like in Sherlock or here in Hamlet. If you want to see a good Hamlet see Richard Burton.

>>212695388
>>212695365
>anon discovers what a soliloquy is

Obligatory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LDdyafsR7g

>>212695411
you're a basedlilguy

>>212695450
Also

>Like you?

>>212695450
The fuck this lil nibba talking about?

>>212695337 (OP)
Literally the worst performance I have ever seen in my life, and it's doubly as bad in the context of Shakespeare because he's tarnishing poetry and drama of immortal value. I HATE THIS FUCKER SO MUCH. I DESPISE HIM. HE'S A HIDEOUS FAGGY LITTLE GOBLIN THAT SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

t'is twat's a'to'al bellend that

omg a bait thread
hehe what about this?? what about that??
bait bait bait!
fuck off faggot

>>212695337 (OP)
This is the kind of garbage you’d see first year drama students do. I’M AAAAAAACTIIIII - - ng. (Beat)

>>212696471
Modern theatre acting has gotten so bad that he's lauded as a new classic Hamlet.

>>212695337 (OP)
compare with basedmel's version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf2TpWsPvgI

>>212696874
I didn't like the havoc that Zeffirelli played with the text. It was more egregious than in his earlier Shakespeare film.

>>212696054
Gooning

>>212696874
>>212695450
>>212695337 (OP)
More proof people will unironically call exciting superhero movies boring then go watch the most boring shit imaginable and call it genius

>>212696980
More proof that bait is getting too obvious.

>>212695337 (OP)
brit here, celebrities doing shakespeare is never as good as the actors stuck doing it full-time.

>>212696557
How disgusting.
They have those Royal Shakespeare Company videos up on Youtube where they discuss performing. More people should watch those.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=D2VnxiW3oqk

https://youtu.be/RJXiep-yGBw

>>212697137
This is a very good series. You see so many legends in one place

>>212695337 (OP)
No, absolutely not. Shakespeare's lines were not intended to be recited in a naturalistic, "coming up with it as I speak" cadence. His writing is heightened, poetic, larger-than-life.

Actors who try to ground his writing or bring it down to earth not only do his art a great disservice, but also ironically make it less human and authentic, which is ostensibly the opposite of their intent.

>>212696874
to drink or not to drink that is the question

>>212695337 (OP)
so bad, I prefer the original

>>212697137
Probably the best introduction to acting Shakespeare, although, imo, the great period of Shakespearian acting had already passed by the time that generation, McKellen, Dench, etc, rolled around.

>>212695337 (OP)
holy overacting dude

>>212697736
It's honestly impressive how so few actors seem capable of grasping that the power of Shakespeare is in his WORDS. You don't have to give some kind of revolutionary, hyper-emotive performance to make Hamlet profound or meaningful; it's fucking Hamlet.

to bleh or not to bleh!

>>212697792
yeah, performances like the one in OP's actually obscure the original writing, the unnatural pauses, affectations, weird intonations, get in the way and make the author's discourse flow awkwardly and almost unintelligibly. Actor narcissism I guess, but the play's become such a meme by now who fucking cares anymore

>>212695337 (OP)
I've never enjoyed Scott's performance of Hamlet.

>>212697181
I hate theatre kid humour

>>212696980
it's actually pretty cool in the original script
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In6SmcC4j6g

>>212695450
I wish Paul Scofield's was filmed.

https://youtu.be/ljZrf_0_CcQ?t=7195