#they created these two cowpokes who hang around king Lear and gave most of Kent's role to them

[piedoesnotequalpi]

I was SO EXCITED about yeehaw King Lear but this script was designed for high schoolers originally so they didn't kill anyone except King Lear!!!! Also they ruined what are supposed to be some of the saddest moments!!! And the singing (it was a musical) was Not Good!

#also they butchered ALL FOUR of my favorite lines/exchanges!!! #the costumes were good and cordelia was good but ugh!!! the POINT of King Lear is that people die #also they like. added lines that were not sufficiently Shakespeare-y #but then when Gloucester tried to kill himself it was by jumping off a train (i think he should've jumped in front of it) #and they didn't alter those lines to make it make more sense #so like #what the heck #i was telling my friends all about the actual plot of King Lear #which like. listen. it's very convoluted #so why did they change/add stuff and make it MORE CONVOLUTED such that it didn't actually make sense? #also also #they created these two cowpokes who hang around king Lear and gave most of Kent's role to them #so then Kent disguising himself no longer made sense #like they cut and added stuff so weirdly #anyway i wish to redo this script #@ these script writers what's your address i just wanna talk #God i have so many feelings about Shakespeare adaptations and how to do them right #straight king Lear with lines edited to make it about the west (and maybe change the king of France to something else) would be really cool #also they had Cordelia show up in the middle of the play #but the POINT IS SHE IS GONE FOR AGES #oh and Edgar wasn't in disguise when he had a shootout with Edmund #he should've at least had a bandana over his face! #anyway #King Lear #ole billy shakes #my posts #isabel says random stuff #so sorry to anyone browsing the king Lear tag who sees my very specific beef #but also not sorry let this be a lesson