Re: 63 Femslash

(Anonymous) 2018-08-13 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
AYRT

Happy to talk about the production all day, if you have more questions :D I think it worked really well, and now it'll be weird for me for a while to see a male Benedick. I did overhear one night a woman in the audience very earnestly explaining to her companion that in the original, Benedick is a man - so I guess it worked for other people too!

Re: 63 Femslash

(Anonymous) 2018-08-13 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
DA Please feel free to talk about that production, anon! It sounds fascinating.

Re: 63 Femslash

(Anonymous) 2018-08-13 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
AYRT

Oh, um, not sure exactly what you want me to talk about? But there was something really nice about everyone wanting a lesbian couple to get together, and not because they're the only two lesbians* (even if they may be) but because lol wouldn't they be so TERRIBLE/GREAT together. The production also had Hero rejecting Claudio at the end, so the lesbian couple getting together was the only thing that made it a Comedy? Which was kind of cool and nice.

*I don't know if a decision was ever made about whether Benedick was gay or bi.

Re: 63 Femslash

(Anonymous) 2018-08-14 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
DA

I love Hero rejecting Claudio at the end. YES, PLEASE. Was Don Pedro a girl, too + how did you handle him asking Beatrice out?

Re: 63 Femslash

(Anonymous) 2018-08-14 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
AYRT

No, Don Pedro remained male. We cut the "one of your father's getting" exchange, but not the proposal exchange as a whole, because its FANTASTICAL AWKWARDNESS is literally one of my favorite things in the play.