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shredsandpatches · 4 months ago

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One of the pleasures of being the kind of annoying theatergoer who gets all the jokes in Renaissance drama is getting to hear which ones are still shocking to a modern audience, which ones get the "did they just SAY that?" reaction. This one definitely got that reaction.

(I think it is probably more shocking to a modern audience than it would have been in Marlowe's time, although it's probably worth pointing out it doesn't appear in the B-text. But censorship in early modern England focused on religion and politics rather than sex jokes so idk what the deal is with that)

#doctor faustus #hot faust summer #the production i just saw cut the line after 'clefts' but it's really just the same joke twice #also the guy playing robin (the clown) in this production was terrific #robin and dick (hee hee. dick) were a perfect comedy duo #the one bit that kinda shocked me was during the seven deadly sins scene #where lechery takes the form of wagner and grinds on faustus for a bit #this may just have been a case of the actor doubling #but i like to think that the demons are conveying the message to faustus #that he could totally fuck the cute twink who literally lives in his house #to his credit faustus was very much not into that #(they put faustus in the audience for this part so he was literally in the next seat from me. right in front of my salad)

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