tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632111864879597150.post1484785651666815823..comments2017-12-26T23:27:57.751-04:00Comments on Hyperion to a Satyr: II.i. Ophelia Affrighted - Tennant (2009)Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632111864879597150.post-46498008260816652752010-12-28T21:35:48.121-04:002010-12-28T21:35:48.121-04:00It'll be a while, obviously, but Ophelia's...It'll be a while, obviously, but Ophelia's later madness does have time to develop (in between Acts, while Hamlet is away) and has a trigger (the death of her father at the hands of her lover). That said, there are degrees of performance that work better than others as we'll see.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632111864879597150.post-22301654040570251762010-12-28T21:26:54.549-04:002010-12-28T21:26:54.549-04:00"Her deterioration is too rapid."
This ..."Her deterioration is too rapid."<br /><br />This in a nutshell is my problem with Ophelia entirely. I hate to say it, but the mad scene is easily my least favorite part of the play. There's a Simpsons parody of Hamlet, where Ophelia (Lisa) yells "No one out crazies Ophelia!" and immediately jumps in a moat, and this strikes me as a very accurate summing up of the situation.<br /><br />I'll save further thoughts for the mad scene when you get there, but Ophelia's visible slippage here to me seems like an attempt to help that problem by giving us an early sign of what is to come.John Kenneth Fisherhttp://www.jkenfisher.com/comparisons/noreply@blogger.com