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— I always feel sort of guilty and embarrassed when they change, but I suppose no long-dead actor, or even any living one, is harmed by my brain being fickle in its interests.
Anyhow, Newton was the main reason I watched Androcles and the Lion (1952) yesterday, although the presence of Alan “voice of Scrooge McDuck” Young, Elsa Lanchester, Jean Simmons, and Victor Mature certainly didn’t hurt. ETA —I am curious as to how it would have played with the original casting of Harpo Marx as Androcles. I supposed he would have talked.
Still trying to put my thoughts in enough order to write about it— I don’t think I’ll go read Shaw’s introductory essay (I assume he wrote one) because my experience is that I enjoy GBS’ plays better than his explanations of what he meant by them. My other early opinion is that Androcles/Lavinia/Ferrovius make a lovely platonic OTP.
also ETA — Just looked at the YouTube comments and woah, Shaw would definitely get a kick out of how many people this play script from 1912 is still angering. Roughly half insist it’s an insult to Christians, while the other half consider it Christian propaganda and are calling it out on that count. (And then there are a couple of people complaining that it’s boring and asking why it isn’t in colour like The Robe or Ben Hur).
Anyhow, Newton was the main reason I watched Androcles and the Lion (1952) yesterday, although the presence of Alan “voice of Scrooge McDuck” Young, Elsa Lanchester, Jean Simmons, and Victor Mature certainly didn’t hurt. ETA —I am curious as to how it would have played with the original casting of Harpo Marx as Androcles. I supposed he would have talked.
Still trying to put my thoughts in enough order to write about it— I don’t think I’ll go read Shaw’s introductory essay (I assume he wrote one) because my experience is that I enjoy GBS’ plays better than his explanations of what he meant by them. My other early opinion is that Androcles/Lavinia/Ferrovius make a lovely platonic OTP.
also ETA — Just looked at the YouTube comments and woah, Shaw would definitely get a kick out of how many people this play script from 1912 is still angering. Roughly half insist it’s an insult to Christians, while the other half consider it Christian propaganda and are calling it out on that count. (And then there are a couple of people complaining that it’s boring and asking why it isn’t in colour like The Robe or Ben Hur).
