Monthly Archives: June 2022

The Taming of the Shakespeare

Posted on June 24, 2022 by stationmaster

As anyone familiar with Shakespeare should know, his early comedy, The Taming of the Shrew, is about two Paduan sisters. The younger one, Bianca, is sweet, demure and charming at least on the surface. The elder, Katharina, is shrewish, angry … Continue reading →

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The Highs and Lows of Andrew Davies’s Les Misérables

Posted on June 11, 2022 by stationmaster

One of the things for which I’m most grateful to the BBC Writers’ Room.com is their release of the shooting scripts for all six episodes of Andrew Davies’s 2018 miniseries adaptation of Les Misérables. Each script contains a host of … Continue reading →

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Cinderella (2015): My Favorite Disney Nostalgia Bait Movie

Posted on June 3, 2022 by stationmaster

This isn’t exactly the most controversial choice for the best of Disney’s recent (and seemingly unending) line of remakes and updates of old material. I believe it was one of the better received ones. But it’s not a totally safe … Continue reading →

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