Chariset: unlikely: Wait a minute. The play is called Marat/Sade and people are surprised there's a little depravity?

Yeah! If I'm paying for a play called that, I expect a lot of depravity!

My thoughts exactly. I mean, for fark's sake, this man is the reason the word sadism means what it does.

Well, when you buy a ticket to see "A Serbian Play", you get what you pay for!

Five midgets
Spanking a man
Covered in Thousand Island dressing


Is that a play? Is that a musical?

PizzaJedi81: Chariset: unlikely: Wait a minute. The play is called Marat/Sade and people are surprised there's a little depravity?

Yeah! If I'm paying for a play called that, I expect a lot of depravity!

My thoughts exactly. I mean, for fark's sake, this man is the reason the word sadism means what it does.

Plays like this often have too much plot and there's no way to fast forward to the good parts.

TheManofPA: Five midgets
Spanking a man
Covered in Thousand Island dressing


Is that a play? Is that a musical?

The Aristocrats.

Daily Fail, are your staff too lazy to type the play's full title (The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade) anywhere in the article? I know it's a little long (okay, longer than that), but cut and paste still works, and you can't deny that it's got its charms. Also, the play is freakin' 50 years old. And well-known. Not sure what the people who are so upset were expecting.

The play was first staged in English in 1964 -over 45 years ago- by the Royal Shakespeare Company. It's a modern classic, and anyone who wasn't aware of its content before going to the theater shouldn't be going to the theater.

Also, the full title of the play is: The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade

I think that tells you what you should expect.

They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into, I say let them cringe!

mark12A: [t2.gstatic.com image 293x172]
They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into, I say let them cringe!

How strap them into their seats against their will?

That would actually be thematically appropriate, come to think...

unlikely: Oh. Marat/Sade.

Wait a minute. The play is called Marat/Sade and people are surprised there's a little depravity?

British public education isn't very good, is it.

I just assumed it was going to be a modern adaptation of Titus Andronicus. Marat/Sade works too.

I'm shocked, SHOCKED that there would be depravity and sex in a play called Maret/Sade.

Maret/Sade.

How dumb are these people?

Thudfark: Word. It's not like they nailed a guy to a cross or anything.



Agrees.

M/S has been pissing people off for decades.

The only thing about this that would make me angry is that the RSC would show such poor taste to dig this thing up from the graveyard of undergraduate theater departments and try to pass it off to their subscribers.

PJ: How strap them into their seats against their will?

That would actually be thematically appropriate, come to think...

Come to think of it, I'm puzzled by the lack of BDSM dental offices. Seems it should be a winning combination...

mark12A: PJ: How strap them into their seats against their will?

That would actually be thematically appropriate, come to think...

Come to think of it, I'm puzzled by the lack of BDSM dental offices. Seems it should be a winning combination...



"I'm gonna get a candy bar, I'm gonna get a candy bar!"

oh those damn uptight americans and their silly victorian notions of sex...why can't they be more like those open minded europeans?

Up Next Season:

5 Plays by Sarah Kane

/then a bullet to the head.

fightingnewfoundlander: Daily Fail, are your staff too lazy to type the play's full title (The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade) anywhere in the article? I know it's a little long (okay, longer than that), but cut and paste still works, and you can't deny that it's got its charms. Also, the play is freakin' 50 years old. And well-known. Not sure what the people who are so upset were expecting.

They had tasers 50 years ago?

Oh wait, it's an adaptation. My bad.

Apos:
whining about it.

Hold on a tic - they're Britons, so they would be whinging about it.

Shagbert: fightingnewfoundlander: Daily Fail, are your staff too lazy to type the play's full title (The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade) anywhere in the article? I know it's a little long (okay, longer than that), but cut and paste still works, and you can't deny that it's got its charms. Also, the play is freakin' 50 years old. And well-known. Not sure what the people who are so upset were expecting.

For once it's not their fault - although it's subtitled with the full name, the current production is just titled "Marat/Sade". (new window)

Actually, that's is generally how the title is listed on marquees. Notice that the full name of the play is listed on the poster, just not using the Title style. The original play was an example of something called the Theater of Cruelty. (new window)

I made it through about 10 minutes of the movie, and that was for class in college. It was really hard to watch, so I can't imagine how tough it would be to be in the same room. It's a play that would be good for a tiny theater, not a big audience.

1963. It's been playing since 1963 and you twats can't be bothered to find out what the play is about before buying tickets? Are you stupid? Oh ... wait ....

Scottybobotty: TheManofPA: Five midgets
Spanking a man
Covered in Thousand Island dressing


Is that a play? Is that a musical?

The Aristocrats.

Catholic High School Girls in Trouble.
*squeak*

"a dwarf performs a sex act on a bishop and a clergyman breaks wind on the heads of asylum inmates"

Sounds like high art to me.

Brah 2011-10-23 03:29:44 PM

I made it through about 10 minutes of the movie, and that was for class in college. It was really hard to watch, so I can't imagine how tough it would be to be in the same room. It's a play that would be good for a tiny theater, not a big audience.


British theaters are small. According to Wikipedia, this one seats 1040, considerably smaller than most high school gymnasiums.

jgk3:
British theaters are small.

Um...What?

I've seen the play adaptation of Canterbury Tales (yes, it included the Nun's Tale. They made it ok by having Geoffrey say at the end "What silly rubbish that was"). The adaptation of the Miller's Tale was fantastic. They showed the (literal) ass-kissing and all.

ChubbyTiger: 1963. It's been playing since 1963 and you twats can't be bothered to find out what the play is about before buying tickets? Are you stupid? Oh ... wait ....

Maybe they're season ticket holders?

Marat/ Sade is a brilliant piece of theater. In case anyone in interested, the film version is available on YouTube.

Scottybobotty: TheManofPA: Five midgets
Spanking a man
Covered in Thousand Island dressing


Is that a play? Is that a musical?

The Aristocrats.

Well they can't make two gay cowboys, eating chocolate pudding. The reason is it was made it an award
winning film.

Uncle Wiggly: And the last sentence--of course--of the story:

RSC chief spokesman Dean Asker said: 'Everyone who booked was sent a letter in advance about the nature of the play, and many people are expressing positive comments.'

Does that get everyone? No. And theater skews old and gray.

The article's from the Daily Fail, which is always wrong. The real subtext here is that the RSC gets government funding and the editorial position of the Fail is that money shouldn't be spent on the arts.

Is there a movie of this?

*checks Netflix*

Available for streaming!? I know what I'm going to be watching tomorrow night!

you had me at nudity

I thought the puppets were really well done and the music was pretty catchy. Dare I say, it was better than Cats and I fully intend to see it again and again.

kth: I just assumed it was going to be a modern adaptation of Titus Andronicus.

Me too. Saw the headline, said "oh, Titus Andronicus." Was very surprised to see it wasn't. Man, that play is messed up.

Nuclear Monk: I thought the puppets were really well done and the music was pretty catchy. Dare I say, it was better than Cats and I fully intend to see it again and again.

Well, what ISN'T better than Cats? :P

Went to see this last week on my holiday, so this is a magical moment for me - my first time on Fark I've been the "I was there guy". Don't get me wrong, it's deeply uncomfortable at times, but that play was far more worthwhile than some reimagining of The Merchant of Venice during the invasion of Afghanistan.

\ Daily Mail keeps crashing my work computer, so I have no clue if they mention the ridiculous amount and variety of dildos on stage.
\\ We had a few walk outs at half time from American tourists who wanted to soak up Shakespeare country and thought every play the RSC put on would be full of thous and thees
\\\ Seriously, so many dildos.