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...Studies 156 ("Hardcore Sex")--and Rome of Augustus before everyone found out that it also counted for a History B... Is it too late for me to try a special concentration in Contemporary Mass Communication (a.k.a. Trashy Pop Culture)? For my thesis, I want to fashion a cutting-edge visual landscape that reflects current sociological tastes (a.k.a. a music video). I'll let you know if the English Department approves...
...doesn't take a mouse to smell the cheese in CBS's promos, but are they unethical? They are certainly images contrary to fact--visual lies. But you could say the same of a newscast that slaps a backdrop of a "newsroom" behind a reporter in an empty studio, or a TV newsmagazine that asks an interviewee to sit down and type for 30 seconds for the camera in order to have video of the subject "working." And there are far more egregious, low-tech and common promos on news programs. When a morning show or news broadcast shills...
...What he sees is not limited to his modern perspective encroaching on a discrete point in history; Taymor has created a sort of collapsed-time anti-history, allowing visual elements of every period of history imaginable to lead the audience through a journey of personal and intellectual association. For instance, the film shows in quick succession scenes of a Roman Orgy (some of which had to be cut to obtain an R rather than NC-17 rating), scenes in a modern video arcade, beautifully mystical dream sequences of interconnection, and scenes in which characters ride in '30s-style cars...
...liberties taken in this version, then, are not in language; they are visual. Titus is, regardless of how modern audiences react to it, surprisingly faithful to Shakespeare in that it does not contradict much of his original text, which lacked any stage direction. This is precisely why Taymor succeeds where other directors have failed: although she does feel free to invent on her own just as Shakespeare did, her invention is not in any way at odds with his. Her work does not second-guess Titus Andronicus or steal its fire; it expounds on it and creates...
...Rather than acting as a sort of human pawn within the formidable visual conception of the film, each actor delivers a powerfully invested performance, energetically pursuing both the most visceral and the most subtle of his or her character's particular motivations. Harry Lennix's performance as Aaron delivers a jolt of quiet intensity to what is generally considered the first great black role in English drama. His character, which could easily be seen as a simply embodiment of evil, is motivated first by his status as an outsider, and then by pride and paternal love. The racial issues...