Ooh, this is interesting because I didn't pick up on this at the time, but I think you're right - can't possibly be accidental.
I became fairly obsessed with that within about ten minutes, since there is so much emphasis throughout the cycle on...well...it being a cycle. Things circling round and round and coming back, and it came through so beautifully in the casting that I had to look for it in other places.
I loved all of the picture frame bits throughout the cycle, particularly the one later on where Edward ends up in there!
I loved that too. Objectified Edward. My inner feminist critic was giggling like mad.
See, the leek bit really made me wince, because I've seen it played solely for laughs before and I thought this was much nastier (IIRC, the scene is included in the Olivier H5 and made me much less uncomfortable, though it's been a while since I've seen it).
I think I was caught between finding it hysterically funny and feeling quite bad for Pistol. Admittedly, I haven't seen the Olivier version (sacrilege, I know) and I only saw the Branagh one years ago, so I don't actually remember much beyond the big scenes.
Also, OMG YOU TALKED TO GEOFFREY STREATFEILD! We searched for him in the pub every single night but he never showed
We caught him outside the stage door after the last part of Henry VI and he was very nice, answering our crazy questions about characterisation. In fact, all of them were very nice about my crazy characterisation questions.
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I became fairly obsessed with that within about ten minutes, since there is so much emphasis throughout the cycle on...well...it being a cycle. Things circling round and round and coming back, and it came through so beautifully in the casting that I had to look for it in other places.
I loved all of the picture frame bits throughout the cycle, particularly the one later on where Edward ends up in there!
I loved that too. Objectified Edward. My inner feminist critic was giggling like mad.
See, the leek bit really made me wince, because I've seen it played solely for laughs before and I thought this was much nastier (IIRC, the scene is included in the Olivier H5 and made me much less uncomfortable, though it's been a while since I've seen it).
I think I was caught between finding it hysterically funny and feeling quite bad for Pistol. Admittedly, I haven't seen the Olivier version (sacrilege, I know) and I only saw the Branagh one years ago, so I don't actually remember much beyond the big scenes.
Also, OMG YOU TALKED TO GEOFFREY STREATFEILD! We searched for him in the pub every single night but he never showed
We caught him outside the stage door after the last part of Henry VI and he was very nice, answering our crazy questions about characterisation. In fact, all of them were very nice about my crazy characterisation questions.