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...album continues in this vein. “New Amerykah” discusses everything from racial inequality to the Iraq war. “Twinkle,” which starts as a soulful rap about a lack of socioeconomic progress in the African American community, ends with Howard Beale??s words from the 1976 movie “Network.” His speech is first reversed to produce a sort of poetic rhythm set against sped-up, mixed-down audio effects that convey a distinctly weird feel. Beale??s unaltered vocalizations ring...
...right-hand wall in the very last row of the balcony. It was probably the worst seat I have ever had in a theater, but it was undeniably one of the most incredible theatrical experiences of my life. Charles Spencer of London’s Daily Telograph said that Beale??s was a performance he had “never seen bettered,” and Nicholas de Jongh of the Evening Standard went so far as to call Beale??s enactment “the Hamlet of a lifetime.” But these praises...
...magic of Beale??s performance cannot be captured in newspaper reviews or theatrical awards. In fact, it is with great uncertainty that I even try to represent his great achievement in words. Reviewing this Hamlet is not a matter of reviewing a character or even an actor. The experience is instead like trying to review an actual human being who, after more than 300 years of hiding behind a colossal myth, has quietly and unassumingly stepped out to tell his story: Hamlet the man—not the character, the icon or the gimmick. The glory of Beale?...
This is not helped in the least by the relatively poor acting of much of Beale??s supporting cast. There was a comfort level at the Lyttelton which seemed to prop up the show’s other actors. What they lacked in delicacy and originality they made up for in confidence and a well-developed sense of how to turn a scene over to Beale without actually creating a one-man show. Now, with the cast out of its element, it has become increasingly clear that they resemble nothing more than a pick-up team whose only...
Nevertheless, at the center of it all remains Simon Russell Beale??s glorious performance. He has grown uneven with the various changes that have happened around him, but even at his worst he is a sight to behold. Most performers have it written into their contracts that they do no more than one production of Hamlet in a day. More would be too draining, both emotionally and physically. And yet, Beale has been playing the Dane for nearly a year now. For some such a run might be no trouble at all. But for a performer...
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