I read Merchant of Venice as a high school student and in college but I just watched the Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons film version last month, excellent movie and yes, there was definately a whole lot of Antonio/Bassanio going on. I was really disturbed by the Antisemitism present in the text. The contemporary filmmaker challenged it but I thought it was very much written into the play which disappoints me as I generally adore Shakespeare.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2010-06-20 11:06 pm (UTC)