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The Tempest - "Ariel" Clip

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Uploaded by on Dec 16, 2010

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In theaters December 10th, 2010.

In Julie Taymor's version of 'The Tempest,' the gender of Prospero has been switched to Prospera. Going back to the 16th or 17th century, women practicing the magical arts of alchemy were often convicted of witchcraft. In Taymor's version, Prospera is usurped by her brother and sent off with her four-year daughter on a ship. She ends up on an island; it's a tabula rasa: no society, so the mother figure becomes a father figure to Miranda. This leads to the power struggle and balance between Caliban and Prospera; a struggle not about brawn, but about intellect.

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  • Ben Whishaw best actor EVER!!!!!

  • Why is Prospero a woman?

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  • @HolyinserthereBatman and Ariel was a BOY?

    Since when?

  • Omigosh it's Edward Cullen!

  • @HolyinserthereBatman That's why they did it prospera

  • @HolyinserthereBatman Because it's the director wanted it that way.

  • @HolyinserthereBatman why not?

  • i saw this in play and i loved ariel the best :)

  • I love Ben Whishaw. He was in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.

  • @HamsterClawz

    The movie is 'The Tempest', which is yet to be released

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