tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409242456356117499.post1263497042855767649..comments2023-06-15T02:49:15.916-04:00Comments on Shakespeare in a Year: Why I Cry at "King Lear"Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084203792889446528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409242456356117499.post-22248000036443753692010-07-03T09:53:45.648-04:002010-07-03T09:53:45.648-04:00Wouldn't a simpler explanation be: when we exp...Wouldn't a simpler explanation be: when we experience a work of art, we willingly "suspend disbelief"? To the extent that we are willing to experience a play as "real" we also experience Cordelia's death as real, prompting our very real tears.Mark Merendahttp://www.lawfirmhelp.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409242456356117499.post-35943602371213832062010-06-29T19:57:58.278-04:002010-06-29T19:57:58.278-04:00I find this interesting but I must add I recently ...I find this interesting but I must add I recently attended a play performed for a radio broadcast and movements were minimal, and yet I did get drawn in to the love and frustration of the characters. Perhaps it was still seeing the emotions come alive on the decorated with microphones only stage. Perhaps if I listened to the play over the radio I might not react quite the same.( Although the acting was superb)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804624562250354046noreply@blogger.com