Othello, "O" was better!

Othello is one of Williams Shakespeare greatest plays, written in 1603 and based on the Italian short story Un Capitano Moro. "O" is a 2001 film which is a modern day film from Othello. "O" I believe is a film young adults probably can relate too because of the time periods versus Othello. "O" is about a high school basketball player who's the only black guy. He attends a private white school and is the MVP on his team. He's been dating a white girl for about four months and her father was not aware of it. Her father was told that O was raping her or being to aggressive with his daughter. She finally told her father what was going on. However, O friend Hugo told him that Desi, his girlfriend, has been hanging out with another one of O friends and told him to be careful and watch. O has been seeing that but haven't said anything to Desi about. She believes everything is good between the between when its not. O pretends there nothing wrong and continue to spy on them. When its all said in done, O kills Desi and also kills himself. That also happened in Othello. Now, Why I say "O" is better then Othello is because Othello is the Literature virgin and "O" is the move recent so young adult my age can find it very interesting then watch Othello. 

Othello

The Othello adaptions were very interesting to watch. My favorite was the one by Lawrence Fishburne. It was created in 1990 by the Royal Theater. The movie as a whole was very frustrating to me as the viewer. Some times I could feel what they were going through. Other times I felt so angry that characters did not know the truth. I hate lies and deceptive people. It angered me almost the whole movie to see Lago the villain deceive Othello. Just seeing him appear in general was angering to me. Lago's sneaky self should rot in the bottom of the earth. I would not have had that Kind of mercy on him if I was Othello. Over all I did like the movie but was quite agitated by the story line itself. The ability to foreshadow what is going on next was very well put together by the director. Even though the language barrier between the British English and the American English was a little different I could get the gist of it and watch what was going on. I might recommend this movie to people.

Othello

It intrigues me that William Shakespeare borrowed the story of Othello from an Italian story. I wonder if William Shakespeare would have written a play of his own invention, that showcases a black man as a proud and prominent figure. I would also love to see a "reverse" Othello, where a white man is the single minority and the Blacks are the majority.

Othello A seed is planted....

I thought Othello was interesting because in showed the negative aspects of jealousy and betrayal. What started with the pride of one person (Iago) led to the death of many people and families that were hurt. This mindset is still seen today and we can learn a lot from this theme.


-Mitchel Daniel

O. is only better to us because it was designed for us

The films O. and Othello are both great representations of the Shakespeare play, Othello. It seems that most people in my class enjoyed the O. version of the play more than the Othello version. While I enjoy the O. version immensely, I enjoyed the original play more. The only reason my class enjoyed the O. version is because that version was made for our age group, and represents a more contemporary setting. I enjoy films that are closer to the original play, so I enjoyed the BBC version much more. I also believed the acting in the BBC version was superb, but then again, classical acting is usually better than film acting.

Othello

I believe the story of Othello transcends time. That is essentially proven by the 3 reenactments of the play that reflected a then modern interpretation of the play. The BBC version that we viewed in class was the closest version to the original play. The main themes in Othello are jealousy, pride, manipulation, and deception. Those themes are still relevant to this time as shown in the movie O. Most viewers of the film would be able to relate to them. It may not necessarily be the exact events but something similar. There will always be someone who feels snubbed or that they received the short end of the stick in life and with those emotions comes a possibility of jealousy and deception.

Marlon Barrows

Othello Blog "O" is better

Shakespeare's Othello has been recreated many times through film and on stage live, however I believe the best version for young adults to watch it in is "O". The movies "O" is a great way to show the extreme emotions that shakespeare was trying to portray. I watched the "Theatre Night" and the Lawrence Fishburne version of Othello and both showed great emotion however O's added elements make the story more real and personal to young adults of this generation. I think the raw emotion that skaespeare wrote about in this story and the emotion being the sole reason for the killings don't identify with young viewers. The use of drugs in Jugo and Oden make their decision a little more viable and believable. Also the use of profanity envokes more emotion in a younger audience than the  old english words.