Judgment Call
To hear it from N.Y. Times critic Ben Brantley, Michael Stuhlbarg's lead performance in a new Central Park production of Hamlet is "extroverted" and "grandstanding" -- the brooding Dane as a "capering overgrown infant, squawking for attention." Which is no reason to throw stones. If nothing else, this Times-authored slide show suggests that Stuhlbarg is an earnest actor and no poseur.
Michael Stuhlbarg as Hamlet in the new Delacorte production
Still, if you were short and had flat duck feet (i.e., lacking an athletic arch, the sort of feet that middle-aged German tourists with a penchant for flip-flops are known for), would you play Hamlet without shoes or socks? I'm not trying to be neurotic about this, but I immediately recoiled when I saw these photos.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 18, 2008 at 8:44 AM
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btwnproductions
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"Duck feet" or not, he's a terrific actor, in THE PILLOWMAN on Broadway and in Mamet's adaptaton of THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE Off.
Posted by btwnproductions
at June 18, 2008 9:40 AM
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Rich S.
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Again with the feet....
Posted by Rich S.
at June 18, 2008 10:29 AM
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BurmaShave
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I'm with Wells. And apparently Sam Waterston is as bothered as anybody.
Posted by BurmaShave
at June 18, 2008 12:01 PM
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Breedlove
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agreed, btwn, he was fantastic in both. i just got home from a matinee of sunday in the park with george. it sucked. sondheim is definitely an acquired taste which i am trying to acquire, but have not as of yet. the music was awful. the show was as boring as watching a test pattern.
Posted by Breedlove
at June 18, 2008 3:48 PM
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btwnproductions
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On Sondheim we disagree. I've enjoyed pretty much all of the revivals since Assassins four years ago, including Sunday, and look forward to seeing the long-gestating Bounce this season.
Posted by btwnproductions
at June 18, 2008 7:22 PM
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Nate West
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In the first frame, it's obviously Quentin Tarantino as Hamlet.
In the second, it's Sid Ceasar. Sam Waterston portrays Orson Welles as the "guest star." He's looking at feet, but he's seeing cakes.
Posted by Nate West
at June 19, 2008 12:24 AM
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