@JuanMacready: It is rather shallow an interpretation, I'd say. Equus addresses issues much deeper than sexuality- in fact, I would go as far as saying that the bestiality is but hinted at. And what if, the playwright or the actors were to be homosexual? It does not in anyway necessitate that they use their art as a mask for their desires; 'Equus' is much more complex than merely an outlet for suppressed orientations. [Contd.]
@OutlandRoads Shaffer is a homosexual. Peter Firth's exploitive role was just designed to sell the play to gay audiences. The film however was a flop.
Has it any deeper meaning if a boy wants a girl to see this movie? I experienced this once but I was somewhat drunk and so harped on hearing the chimes at midnight and the Alexander feast of G.F. Haendel, while watching the movie; and I was troubled by angry lectures about the development of religion in childhood; I think it had something to do with the irreligious piety I adore due to the advise of Monsieur Machiavelli. Well, never mind it was great fun to watch.
@JuanMacready: If it was so, it is well hidden; as I thought it to be about mental health, the development of religious beliefs in childhood and the problem of how society is coping with those who are considered to be insane.
@GreatGrumbledook They could hardly have made it more obvious with the excessive male nudity. The p[laywright Sir Peter Shaffer, who also wrote the screenplay, is openly gay and was living with Peter Firth throughout the Broadway run. Richard Burton publicly admitted having sex with men.
@JuanMacready: Maybe; but people who are attracted to their own sex do not necessarily wrote and talk all the time about this; Alexander the Great for example spend most of his time with conquering the world; so until you point to more creditable points than male nudity I uphold the meaning given in the movie/play.
@GreatGrumbledook It's hardly surprising Shaffer disguised Strang's homosexuality as a mental illness, since that's how it was treated until he was over forty years old.
@JuanMacready: Maybe; be still I wait for any more convincing hinds and evidence; if you cannot prove the homosexuality topic out of the lines of the play; I will not accept this interpretation of yours; and beware: Any more harping on it on such ground and I will start quoting from Edward II by Christopher Marlowe to show you that if homosexuality is indeed the matter of a play, it is to be therein.
@JuanMacready: The man is questioning the very basis of normality- a theme applicable to much more than sex.
BlahLalaification 1 year ago
@JuanMacready: It is rather shallow an interpretation, I'd say. Equus addresses issues much deeper than sexuality- in fact, I would go as far as saying that the bestiality is but hinted at. And what if, the playwright or the actors were to be homosexual? It does not in anyway necessitate that they use their art as a mask for their desires; 'Equus' is much more complex than merely an outlet for suppressed orientations. [Contd.]
BlahLalaification 1 year ago
@OutlandRoads Peter Shaffer was living with Peter Firth throughout the Broadway run. The whole play was an allegory for homosexuality.
JuanMacready 1 year ago
@OutlandRoads Shaffer is a homosexual. Peter Firth's exploitive role was just designed to sell the play to gay audiences. The film however was a flop.
JuanMacready 1 year ago
whheres nine?
isismala 1 year ago
Has it any deeper meaning if a boy wants a girl to see this movie? I experienced this once but I was somewhat drunk and so harped on hearing the chimes at midnight and the Alexander feast of G.F. Haendel, while watching the movie; and I was troubled by angry lectures about the development of religion in childhood; I think it had something to do with the irreligious piety I adore due to the advise of Monsieur Machiavelli. Well, never mind it was great fun to watch.
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
@GreatGrumbledook The play was an allegory for homosexuality.
JuanMacready 1 year ago
@JuanMacready: If it was so, it is well hidden; as I thought it to be about mental health, the development of religious beliefs in childhood and the problem of how society is coping with those who are considered to be insane.
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
@GreatGrumbledook They could hardly have made it more obvious with the excessive male nudity. The p[laywright Sir Peter Shaffer, who also wrote the screenplay, is openly gay and was living with Peter Firth throughout the Broadway run. Richard Burton publicly admitted having sex with men.
JuanMacready 1 year ago
@JuanMacready: Maybe; but people who are attracted to their own sex do not necessarily wrote and talk all the time about this; Alexander the Great for example spend most of his time with conquering the world; so until you point to more creditable points than male nudity I uphold the meaning given in the movie/play.
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
@GreatGrumbledook It's hardly surprising Shaffer disguised Strang's homosexuality as a mental illness, since that's how it was treated until he was over forty years old.
JuanMacready 1 year ago
@JuanMacready: Maybe; be still I wait for any more convincing hinds and evidence; if you cannot prove the homosexuality topic out of the lines of the play; I will not accept this interpretation of yours; and beware: Any more harping on it on such ground and I will start quoting from Edward II by Christopher Marlowe to show you that if homosexuality is indeed the matter of a play, it is to be therein.
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
im doing this play for gcse final mark
MattMK45 2 years ago
Wow, any chance of uploading the last parts - i'm really into the film - doing the play at college!
xjackamox 2 years ago
me too :)
Anny8D 2 years ago
where r the last 4 parts? i wanna watch them also :)
littelMatahari 2 years ago