bitterfic.livejournal.com ([identity profile] bitterfic.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] ficwize 2010-06-20 11:06 pm (UTC)

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.

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