Nick's review
Troilus and Cressida
by William Shakespeare
Nick's review
Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
Nick's review
rating:
So a lot of people seem to think this is really boring and difficult. I'll give them the second one, but boring? This tale of a tangential "romance" (if you can call it that) to the Trojan War is rife with all kinds of awesome feats du language (oh yeah, I wrote that) and lots of tiny but cool moments, as various celebrated heroes find themselves unable to escape the narratives we know them for, despite their (and Shakespeare's) best efforts. From the rather peaceful, almost wistful beginning to the end, which is basically a huge "fuck you" to the audience, this is a master study of how things--love, war, society--fall apart. Maddening and incredible.
