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OUT ON THE TOWN

ALL FRAMES CONSIDERED

BY RANDY SHULMAN

Bardplay

IF I WERE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE

for handing out this year's Oscar for Best Picture, I'd give it-not Saving Private Ryan, not Beloved, not even Gods and Monstersbut to SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE.

You may have already heard the buzz about how this fanciful, farcical Elizabethan romance is

so buoyantly entertaining, so uplifting, so enlightening. Well, everything you've heard is true-Shakespeare in Love is a rapturous cinematic sonnet.

You may, however, be like some people I've encountered-Shakespeare-phobes, I call them, and they're a little timid about, as they call it, "that language." They're referring, of course, to the Elizabethan way speaking, a mannered and slightly inaccessible to a modern English-speaking ear. Rest assured that while Elizabethan verse is component of the movie, writers Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, have been careful to keep the dialogue balanced. In any case, after about a half hour or so, any intimidation produced by the language wears off, and we settle happily into watching the romantic exploits of one Will Shakespeare.

Trying to make a name for himself as a playwright in 1593 London, the young and randy Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is commissioned by theatre owner Philip Henslow (boisterously funny Geoffrey Rush) to write a new comedy entitled MOVIE TRIVIA QUESTION

SPARHAM

To write or not to write: Fiennes as Shakespeare. Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter. But Shakespeare is suffering from an acute case of writer's block and Romeo and Ethel just isn't forthcoming.

Things change when our hero meets Lady Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow), the vision of whom makes poetry rush from his quill. ("I can't be bothered now, I have a sonnet to write!" he pronounces to his producers.) For her part, Lady Viola wants desperately to be an actor. But women were not permitted to act in Shakespeare's days-the men took the women's roles. So she disguises herself as a boy and handily snags the part of Romeo in the bard's upcoming production, a deception that eventually creates upheaval for everyone involved.

Naturally, Shakespeare and Viola fall madly in love. And, naturally, it's a love that can never be fully realized, as Viola has been promised to the boorish Lord Wessex (Colin Firth). Shakespeare mirrors his personal romantic pains by transforming Romeo and Ethel into the greatest tragic love story ever told—you know, the one with the balcony scene?

Win free movie passes to Cineplex Odeon Theatres!

What noted Italian director first brought "Romeo and Juliet" to the screen in 1968, in a sumptuous production? (For a hint, see this week's opera review.)

Answer the above question correctly to be entered into a random drawing to win two free passes to Cineplex Odeon Theatres. Please include your name and address. Mail to: MW Trivia, 1012 14th Street NW #615, Washington, DC 20005. Fax: (202) 638-6831. E-mail: mweekly1@aol.com. Winner will be announced in two weeks. Issue of 12/17 Answer: Othello. Winner: Paul K. Thomas of Baltimore.

METRO WEEKLY

January 21. 1999

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January 21.

1999