June 3rd, 2012
Brad - A
Chelsea - A
So, we have been HORRIBLE at posting. I blame planning a wedding in 3 and a half months and sheer Shakespeare overkill. But, we are back and man oh man do we have plays to talk about! We saw Taming of the Shrew about a month ago and in classy fashion, we took no pictures. So, here is what I snagged from the interweb:
It was a wild west theme and truly funny! Because I have no pic's of the play I am going intersperse this post with pictures from our trip to Puerto Rico. 2 birds 1 post, I'm a pro. It also helps that we didn't take that many pictures in Puerto Rico either. So, let's start this post with a rainbow!
Ok! So, Taming of the Shrew. Shakespeare straight up stole this from Julia Stiles best work, Ten Things I Hate about You. If you have seen 10 Things then you get Taming plot. Pretty younger sister (Bianca) can't get married until her Shrew of an older sister (Katherine) is married off. One of Bianca's suiters have a friend who is willing to take on the challenge of Kate. He arranges her marriage with her mother, shows up drunk and ridiculous looking at their wedding, sweeps her away to his home, and continues to break her spirit. He doesn't feed her, yells at everyone who works for him, and won't allow her clothing, claiming nothing is good enough for her. At one point in time he turns to the audience and says "if anyone knows a better way to tame a woman, speak now" (that is a non-Shakespeare paraphrase). But, in the most unrealistic twist he wins her over. On a trip home to see her sister Bianca marry Kate gives in to her husband and you see them lovingly embrace.
So, while we were in PR, we did a lot of this:
EAT!
Back to the show: There was a subplot of Bianca falling in love. One of her suiters pretended to be her teacher, duh, they fall in love and get married. But, that plot was boring. Unless you have Joseph Gordon-Levitt being adorable, this was just mushy. The play ends with Kate returning home for the wedding and her husband betting with his friends that his wife is the most loyal of all of their wives. They all call their wives down and Kate is the only one who comes obediently running.
One of the restaurants we ate in had this guy:
He was placed so that he just stared at us! Brad was terrified, I think it was just rude.
Thoughts: I REALLY liked this one! It was wild west, which was perfect for this play. Kate's character so perfectly fit the gun toting Annie Oakley type and her husband was the perfect cowboy. The story was really funny and also heartfelt. It is a bit of a controversial play because it definitely has a misogynistic overtone. I mean he "tames" a girl by not feeding her and forcing her into marriage...and it works! She ends up loyal, obedient, and happy. But, if you get past that silliness it is still a story about a girl that falls in love with a guy (even if it may have taken her some time), a guy who really loves her (even though he shows it in crazy ways), and how they learned to give and take. Basically, for a couple engaged for 2 weeks it was an interesting take on marriage. Although, I will never have food taken away, I have my limits!
Lastly, on our PR trip we accidentally wandered into a drag queen show:
It was my first and it was fascinating! They were amazing dancer and they have a way with eye makeup! We took a picture with their....manager?
But, mostly we spend the entire time here:
It was a wonderful vacation and a great play!
Chelsea
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