Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Casina vs The Braggart Soldier

While "The Braggart Soldier" would definitely make for a better movie, with its more "complicated" plot and characters, I enjoyed reading "Casina" more just for how absolutely bonkers it could get. I was shocked at times with how vulgar the play would get at times. Nowhere else will I find characters that hate each other for no reason as much as the characters in this play. It was also much easier to read, as well. One thing I noticed "Casina" did better was its fourth-wall breaks. In a lot of them, the characters are just contemplating and might as well be speaking to themselves. They help develop the characters. In "Braggart Soldier," many of the fourth-wall breaks are just the characters bragging about how great they or their plans are, which is probably the point, but it often breaks the pace of the play for me. Overall, "Casina" was the better read for me.

1 comment:

  1. Yes, Plautus clearly dealt with an audience that liked vulgar jokes and obscene innuendo. I hope to hear more from you all about the Fourth Wall breaks in class.

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