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The Merchant of Venice
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Maybe I'm being slightly harsh with my rating. I read this play and immediately thought I'll rate it 5 stars. But I rescinded this idea. Hear me out. I realized that it was an outdated model of storytelling.
I also realized that there's not many adaptations of this story of Shakespeare. We get lots of Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, even the ambitious Othello or Midsummer Night's Dream.
The Merchant of Venice is at heart a simplistic story with people in love but it's not a love story. It has a villain, but is not heavily invested in action. It's a living fossil, and I mean that amicably. It's a wondrous fossil. Let's leave it at that.
I also realized that there's not many adaptations of this story of Shakespeare. We get lots of Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, even the ambitious Othello or Midsummer Night's Dream.
The Merchant of Venice is at heart a simplistic story with people in love but it's not a love story. It has a villain, but is not heavily invested in action. It's a living fossil, and I mean that amicably. It's a wondrous fossil. Let's leave it at that.
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Oct 29, 2018 04:02AM
Haha, I feel a bit gutted by your review! I love The Merchant of Venice... But. The worst part is that I sort of have to agree with what you are saying! :D
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MischaS_ wrote: "Haha, I feel a bit gutted by your review! I love The Merchant of Venice... But. The worst part is that I sort of have to agree with what you are saying! :D"I don't know what to say here. I too liked reading TMoV. Let's hope you didn't read my review, for which I thank you heavily for the comment and the like.
Whoops I don't know how I could have written the reply above. Just pay no attention to it.
Felicia wrote: "A living fossil. I can relate. 😂"I wish I can too, one day. But you're not a fossil.
