Uggidy Ugh Ugh Ugh

Stratford is trying to cash in on the 'trendy' factor this season by doing a 'gayed-up' production of Troilus and Cressida. Directed by Richard Monette, the very notion of the project seems ludicrous, from the inclusion of male nudity to the ending of the production with "Closer to God" by Nine Inch Nails. Oh, isn't Monette clever? **Smirk** Check out this review from The Globe and Mail, or this one from The Toronto Sun. As Gary Smith puts it in a review in The Spectator, "When David Shelley [as Patroclus] finally flings off his form clinging white towel to bare all in powerful white light there were an equal amount of gasps and giggle." Gasps and giggles, eh? I'm sure that's what Shakespeare had in mind.... *Shakes head, rolls eyes*