I far prefer the original.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFFYIECEPag

We had to read Rhinoceros in AP English in high school. So delightfully bizarre. Well, of all things! I don't know why I've never watched the film. Gene Wilder is amazing in that scene, as he was in most things.

Which reminds me.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpK36FZmTFY

Wilder and the ending are great for sure but unfortunately I found the movie pretty lacking. It was very much like a made-for-television play with little cinematic elements. The cinematic elements that were present were largely to frame the comedic aspects of the play, which makes it part of a trend of readings that take Ionesco's ironies and cheapen them into punchline format in a way that undermines the message. That's more of a personal contention really, I'm not sure how Ionesco viewed his work or what the original performances were like.

"Nothing human disgusts me, Mr. Shannon. Unless it's unkind, or violent."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU0xCw52YOs

I can easily envision how that can happen in interpreting Ionesco's very complex work. Thanks for the warning. I'd love to see a good onstage performance of the play (as challenging as that might be to produce).

And I'll bet you never want her to STFU. :laughing: