In re: prettiness, I think it is just about time to use this icon.
I pity Richard, but I don't sympathise with him, and I think that subtle distinction's at the crux of my indifference
Fair enough: de gustibus non disputandem. Actually, I didn't either, the first time I read the play (although he does have a lot of my worst qualities taken to extremes -- like, you don't actually have to kill me to get me to stop talking, and that is the only way to shut Richard up), but I kept poking at the play because I thought I would. Then I had a depressive episode the summer after college and a lot of it suddenly felt a lot more resonant.
Re: weep thou for me in France
I pity Richard, but I don't sympathise with him, and I think that subtle distinction's at the crux of my indifference
Fair enough: de gustibus non disputandem. Actually, I didn't either, the first time I read the play (although he does have a lot of my worst qualities taken to extremes -- like, you don't actually have to kill me to get me to stop talking, and that is the only way to shut Richard up), but I kept poking at the play because I thought I would. Then I had a depressive episode the summer after college and a lot of it suddenly felt a lot more resonant.