Othello vs. O
Many Shakespearean plays have been used by Hollywood; the text is sometimes used as an exact script for the film and sometimes the text is used as a basis for the film but not an exact replica. A version of the play Othello written by William Shakespeare that appeals to teens is director Tim Blake Nelson's O. He uses Shakespeare's Othello as a guideline for his powerful movie about a rich white dominated school and a young black basketball star. Nelson uses many of the ideas from the original play in his adaptation but he uses these ideas in a more modern way as to appeal to a younger generation. There are many similarities between both the play and the film, but there are also some differences which lead to the idea that Nelson did not want to copy the play exactly; he only wanted to use it as a guideline for a modernized story. There are a few similarities between the film and the play which help develop the idea that the movie is based on the play. The comparisons between the play and film are mainly in the plotline used by Nelson in his adaptation. Nelson uses many ideas from Shakespeare for the basis of his film. In both the play and the movie, a black man is living in a white dominated society where he is of high r
Hugo gets Michael drunk and gets Roger to start a fight with him and, in turn, Michael is suspended from play with the basketball team. The ending of the movie, like in the play, is very tragic. Hugo makes Odin believe that Desi is cheating on him with Michael and he lies to him constantly about these accusations; this makes Odin wonder if she really is cheating on him. Blake's film is an obvious interpretation of Shakespeare's play. In Shakespeare's play, the story takes place in two places: Venice and Cyprus. In the play, Othello is raw emotion that is caused by his confusion over the information he receives. Nelson uses Othello's background of life in Africa which was tough and displays a more modern background for a young man. Hugo uses all the same ideas as Iago uses, he gets Michael to talk to Desi trying to get her to talk to Odin about his suspension from the basketball team after a fight he had with Roger at a party. He then gives it to Michael to give to his girlfriend but his girlfriend finds out that it belonged to a different girl first and will not accept the gift from him. The characters in the movie are easily recognizable to the characters in the play even though they undertake slightly different names. The play is written in iambic pentameter and does not include any swearing; the film uses modern day English and there are a few obscenities. In the film, like in the text, race becomes an issue. The play is set in the sixteenth century whereas Blake's interpretation is set in the year 2000. Tim Blake Nelson uses Shakespeare's Othello as a basis for his film O; however his adaptation includes many differences from the Shakespeare text.
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