tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581099872724683650.post125875861604595721..comments2024-01-20T05:36:17.500-06:00Comments on Bardfilm: As You Like It: Killing Adamkjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14863005904313974654noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581099872724683650.post-10907277540244107322014-04-09T16:54:05.836-05:002014-04-09T16:54:05.836-05:00Thanks, Zounds! I agree completely. Adam's o...Thanks, Zounds! I agree completely. Adam's old age is not nearly as bleak as Jaques' speech paints old age in general.<br /><br />And your dissertation sounds very interesting. Any way to work <i>King Lear</i> in?<br /><br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14863005904313974654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581099872724683650.post-69978510494212629382014-04-03T04:20:25.123-05:002014-04-03T04:20:25.123-05:00Hi. I found your blog as I'm doing a doctorat...Hi. I found your blog as I'm doing a doctorate on older people and loneliness and was interested in Jacques' famous speech and what immediately follows it. Why I wanted to include this in my thesis was because my old English teacher over 25 years ago told our class that Adam's entrance immediately after Jaques' speech was to entirely deflate what he has just said. Jaques articulates that old age is useless but what happens next is Orlando brings in a loyal and strong willed old man as a visual prompt that what Jaques is saying is not entirely the full story. Or at least that's what my old English teacher thought. And I think I agree. Just wanted to share.Zoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333334895726416162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581099872724683650.post-82002865472942884582013-02-26T05:56:52.325-06:002013-02-26T05:56:52.325-06:00Thanks for the comment, Bill. I'm with you--I...Thanks for the comment, Bill. I'm with you--I really like the idea that Adam (unlike, say, Lear) finds peace in his retirement in the country.<br /><br />kj kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14863005904313974654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581099872724683650.post-1022455080122505282013-02-21T11:16:48.721-06:002013-02-21T11:16:48.721-06:00I've seen Adam die in production and found it ...I've seen Adam die in production and found it moving. I didn't seem so much a sad moment, but just the natural conclusion to the ages of man. He was eighty, after all. <br /><br />Still, I preferred the decision from another production I saw much better. Adam simply joins in the group. When Jacques asked "Which is he that killed the deer?", it is Adam who replies "Sir, it was I." He's rejuvenated, back on his feet, and fulfilling the "strong and lusty" promise he made to Orlando earlier in the play.<br />Billhttp://shakespeareteacher.com/noreply@blogger.com