Jan 23, 2023
What I hate about most adaptions of The Merchant of Venice is how damn serious they play Act 5 Scene 1. I've always read it as a more comical scene, and in my head it's always played as very overdramatic, shits and giggles, and I always imagined Portia and Nerissa being just SO overdramatic while Bassanio and Gratiano freak out like the dumb boys they are. I can always hear the laugh track after Bassanio wishes he cut his hand off. So whenever I see this scene played so damn serious with Gratiano and Nerissa, Bassanio and Portia at actual conflict, it comes off as so puzzling to me.
#the merchant of venice#portia#bassanio#gratiano#nerissa#william shakespeare#shakespeare#nah cuz WHAT#WHY ISNT THERE A LAUGH TRACK HALF OF THE SCENE#oh and dont get me started on antonio#this man watches as his friends marriages unravel as a result of HIS decision and what does he do? NOTHING#antonio is SO shady#antonio
