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A counter argument to your Shakespearean argument, movies are made once, recorded once, and can then be viewed anytime anywhere. Whereas a play exists at one p
by stackbutterflow 4y ago
A counter argument to your Shakespearean argument, movies are made once, recorded once, and can then be viewed anytime anywhere.
Whereas a play exists at one point in time and space. It has to be remade in every city and every year.
- onpensionsterm 4y agoBut how many films are essentially just Hamlet or The Taming of the Shrew?
- bananamerica 4y agoEvery remake is a piece of its own, even if they're based on the same story.
- bananamerica 4y agoThat doesn't make a lot of a difference, there will always be enough differences between two versions to make the effort worthwhile. 1916s Romeo and Juliet quite different from 1996's Baz Lhurman Romeo+Juliet. 1996