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Disappointed in the ending reveal... I guess in the mid-90s it was a little less cliché than it is now to have a queer-coded killer and a pederastic priest as the culprits.
Still, I absolutely loved learning more about the life of traveling players in the 1300s. As a scholar of Restoration and 18th century theatre, it’s awesome to learn more about earlier theatrical practices. Especially the common language of gestures / mime and archetypal figures that players used to convey stories to their audiences!
Also I know we’re supposed to find the lords despicable and cruel and needlessly lavish in a time of plague and famine — and they are all of these things and more, to be sure — but I loved the little bits of jousting included in the narrative, and hearing our narrator Nicholas describe the parade of handsome noblemen on their steeds ready to participate in the games was such a treat~
Still, I absolutely loved learning more about the life of traveling players in the 1300s. As a scholar of Restoration and 18th century theatre, it’s awesome to learn more about earlier theatrical practices. Especially the common language of gestures / mime and archetypal figures that players used to convey stories to their audiences!
Also I know we’re supposed to find the lords despicable and cruel and needlessly lavish in a time of plague and famine — and they are all of these things and more, to be sure — but I loved the little bits of jousting included in the narrative, and hearing our narrator Nicholas describe the parade of handsome noblemen on their steeds ready to participate in the games was such a treat~
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Death
Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual violence
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