tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037906613057136040.post5292646851112311490..comments2024-03-17T07:13:36.091+00:00Comments on Mindscape of a roguespirit: To Be (Black) Or Not To BeDavid Monteithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560310376183903431noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037906613057136040.post-36358008354446801432008-10-02T04:10:00.000+01:002008-10-02T04:10:00.000+01:00you bring up some interesting insights in your pos...you bring up some interesting insights in your post here...one's which frankly i hadn't considered before...i studied this play in college and mainly think of aaron as the most memorable and most interesting character in the play...his brazen vitality and relentless self sufficiency made him almost endearing...and he is clearly far more intelligent than any of the nobles...i've always perceived him as "an excellent piece of villainy" without really taking into account the implications of his color...<BR/>essentially you are correct, he could well have been any color at all...his ethnicity really has no crucial bearing on his part in the play...<BR/>shakespeare is a slippery fellow though, and won't be nailed down very easily...<BR/>the choice of color for aaron could well have been a gratuitous choice on will's part, but we can't forget that this play is very deeply concerned with the notion of honor...we see titus espousing high flown honorable intentions, but yet he disowns his sons, his brothers, and kills mutius...while aaron espouses villainy, and yet he goes to extreme lengths to protect the life of a defenseless baby...<BR/>i seem to recall a discussion that centered on shakespeare bringing out the humanity of a figure that in the popular mind didn't have any...<BR/>i'll have to dig out my notes...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037906613057136040.post-22036259915072763112008-10-02T03:40:00.000+01:002008-10-02T03:40:00.000+01:00you played aaron?!?god that would've been incredib...you played aaron?!?<BR/>god that would've been incredible to see!!<BR/>(big fan of geeksyn by the way)<BR/>anyway, your acting cred just shot up about 500% in my estimation...<BR/>i sincerely wish i could have seen it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037906613057136040.post-29193315066443898072008-09-04T09:24:00.000+01:002008-09-04T09:24:00.000+01:00Lol...in my life kids burst into song all the time...Lol...in my life kids burst into song all the time!!!!<BR/><BR/>But seriously I really think the biggest aid to instituionalised racism is this fase perception of history. Its why I think that Black History in schools need to focus less on slavery and more on a realistic World HistoryDavid Monteithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12560310376183903431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037906613057136040.post-91305275413042318082008-09-03T08:29:00.000+01:002008-09-03T08:29:00.000+01:00“The black one shouldn’t be in this; it’s just not...<I>“The black one shouldn’t be in this; it’s just not historically accurate”</I><BR/><BR/>I have to say this, putting aside the lack of historical knowledge on display there for a moment-<BR/><BR/>KIDS RUNNING AROUND BURSTING INTO SONG EVERYWHERE <I>IS</I> HISTORICALLY ACCURATE THEN, IS IT?<BR/><BR/>...But yeah, it's astonishing how many people in this country fail to realise just how multi-cultural it's <I>always</I> been*. But then, they probably think tea comes from England, too...David Wynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06983869093643610450noreply@blogger.com