Thursday, 5 June 2014

CAPITALISED adjectives


Just seen the Festival Players do The Comedy of Errors.  The first scene was dreary and stuttery and I really did fear the worst. The rest of the play was a big, camp romp of crossdressing tomfoolery- everything that is ace about Shakespearean Comedy. It was in the grounds of Ingatestone Hall - not a bad little venue when the sun's out - I feel a bit guilty that it's the first time I've ever been there.

In other Shakespeare news, Antony and Cleopatra is just Romeo and Juliet only with politicians instead of giddy teenagers, right.  I'd seen it before, but didn't remember exactly how much it is identical.  This one was at the Globe and had Jack from London's Burning and Phil Daniels in it; for some reason I couldn't take it completely seriously.

I also went to the cinema this week. It's a while since I've been.  Now they have a thing called the IMPACT screen. I didn't wholly understand it. I think that the bannerline describes it adequately:
IMPACT is the ultimate way to experience blockbuster movies, SPECTACULAR screens, SENSATIONAL sound, SUPERB stadium seating, extra leg room and even Bean Bags!
From what I could work out it just meant that there were UNNECESSARY adjectives cluttering up the place.

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