A review by casparb
King Lear by William Shakespeare

5.0

I really don't know how many times I've read this one but again again here we are. A banger. Perhaps Shakespeare's best tragedy? I maintain that Hamlet is neither a play nor a tragedy but a statement and an anxiety.

Nothing profound from me here and now. I found myself wishing for a version of the final scene directed by Lars Von Trier, though perhaps that's just because Byung-Chul Han was talking about Melancholia lately. Could be I just feel the suffering ought to be more intense. Make up the mind.

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