I only take issue with “read it”. Shakespeare wrote plays. They were meant to be performed and seen, not read. “Do you bite your thumb at me?” makes a lot more sense when it’s done by a good actor.
If their first introduction to Star Wars was reading the script, kids would hate that, too. Having a script can be useful for analyzing and referencing things–I do have a book of the OG Star Wars trilogy scripts–but it shouldn’t be the default way we enjoy it.
I only take issue with “read it”. Shakespeare wrote plays. They were meant to be performed and seen, not read. “Do you bite your thumb at me?” makes a lot more sense when it’s done by a good actor.
If their first introduction to Star Wars was reading the script, kids would hate that, too. Having a script can be useful for analyzing and referencing things–I do have a book of the OG Star Wars trilogy scripts–but it shouldn’t be the default way we enjoy it.
I never thought of it like that. You’ve made me reconsider my positions on Shakespeare.
I think this depends on your level of imagination. When I read books there is definitely a play going on in my head of the events as they unfold.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia
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IMO even a film adaptation is missing something compared to the experience of a live play, let alone just reading the script.