#Othello

[adragonsfriend]

Mace Windu: “only imposing if you see him that way”

Fuck it I’m bringing my Othello class into this again.

So we read American Moor by Keith Hamilton Cobb (review, full text is available as a free pdf if you look it up), which is a play that comments on the experience of black men who play the role of Othello as well as of course more generally on the experience of black men in the United States by showing the interior thoughts of an experienced black actor auditioning for the role of Othello in front of an inexperienced white director. There’s this line, it’s not even dialogue, it’s part of the description of what the actor is doing for the pre-show in the stage directions:

“He is a tall man, powerfully built and handsome, and only imposing if you see him that way.”

—American Moor, page 5

Sound like anyone we might know?

This caught my eye because I have noticed a bit of a pattern. Even very well meaning SW media—like Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover and fics that really love him—often goes out of its way to describe Mace Windu as intimidating and imposing.

And yeah on some level a tall man with muscles who knows how to fight might just be imposing, but to be honest I never remember Qui-gon Jinn being described that way, or Ki-Adi Mundi, or really any other tall, male Jedi. Dooku is sometimes described as intimidating, but it is usually framed in terms of either his Sith personality or his skill with a saber, not his physicality. Only some fics go out of their way to even describe Anakin as physically imposing.

And like I say, many of these works I’m noting are ones that have very good intentions and otherwise make mainly good, interesting moves with Mace’s character (works that take an explicitly negative view of Mace are a whole other can of worms I’m not addressing here). This is something that is being picked up from a deeply embedded culture of racism, not (in these cases at least) malicious. But that means writers, especially white writers—even if we have great intentions—we have to stay careful and aware of this. Readers aren’t off the hook either. It is through reading, and reading with a lot of love, that this pattern emerged to me.

Keep noticing these things, keep reading, keep writing, and maybe above all, keep revising.

Personally, I’m gonna be going back through my Mace Windu writing to check for this specifically.

#star wars #mace windu #racisim #racial bias #shatterpoint #fanfiction #othello #shakespeare #American Moor #looking for a decent review to link was…ugh #some people have apparently missed the point

[blondeaxolotl]

Othello pays him back with research into demons and makes some kinda demon cat nip.. or just distracts him with a laser pointer LOL

The thought of Othello giving Sebastian demon catnip is funny as fuck to me, got me thinking how that first started

Also this doodle too:

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #black butler art #black butler fanart #kuroshitsuji fanart #kuroshitsuji art #grell sutcliff #grelle sutcliff #sebastian michaelis #othello #othello black butler #othello kuroshitsuji #sebathello #sebastian x othello #othello x sebastian #my art #fanart #art #doodles #mono ask

[the-birth-of-art]

This must've been incredible

#andre braugher #avery brooks #iago #othello #shakespeare #shakespeare theatre company

[the-tenth-arcanum]

signal boost!! (link)

#I saw it when it came out in theatres well worth the watch #othello #shakespeare #theatre #national theatre #national theatre live

[femmefatalegoth]

#shakespeare #the tempest #hamlet #as you like it #king lear #romeo and juliet #the taming of the shrew #macbeth #a midsummer night's dream #othello #poll

[steven-myself]

Voodoo- Hamidou Banor by Baldovino Barani for FACTORY Fanzine XXXVI

#skull #art deco #ballets russes #hamidou banor #hamidiu banor #baldovino barani #voodoo #factory fanzine #new orleans #muscle #beauty #magic #divination #french quarter #ritual #southern gothic #othello #baron samedi

[grendelsmilf]

nothing, my lord

#nothing my lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #shakespeare #hamlet #king lear #othello #100 #if anyone remembers other instances of this phrasing in particular feel free to add it #the fact that it's used twice in king lear always gets me

[janeeyreofmanderley]

#Shakespeare #Hamlet #Romeo and Juliet #macbeth #much ado about nothing #king lear #othello #The tempest #I am aware of the lack of ladies…. But I always found a guy I’d rather kill..

[luckydiorxoxo]

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal to star in a new Broadway production of ‘OTHELLO’ starting from spring 2025.

#I'm getting tickets #I can't wait #Broadway #othello #jake gyllenhaal #denzel washington

[blondeaxolotl]

Remember when I mentioned what if the reapers could turn into bats, have some concept doodles

#idk if I should make this into another au or #make it so just in general that the reapers can shift into bats in my art #OH RIGHT again Grell William Ronald and Othello are tiny they can fit in your palms/shirt pockets #Undertaker can fit in your bag like one of those chihuahua in purses #black butler #kuroshitsuji #kuroshitsuji art #kuroshitsuji fanart #black butler art #black butler fanart #grell sutcliff #grelle sutcliff #ronald knox #william t spears #othello #undertaker #black butler grell #black butler grelle #black butler william #black butler ronald #black butler othello #black butler undertaker #black butler reapers #art #fanart #my art #drawing #doodles

[shakespearenews]

In fact, after more than a decade of teaching his work, I’ve come to see Shakespeare—at least when he’s writing tragedies—as primarily a horror writer. He might perhaps be the most significant influence in the entire English language to the Gothic, and consequently the modern, horror tradition.

Seen through the lens of a horror writer, Shakespeare’s progression as an artist is not just in his ability to play with structure, form, and character, but rather that he gains a deeper understanding of how to really scare people. As he grew as a writer, he learned there are better ways to emotionally wound an audience than the surface kills and thrills, and it’s this that ends up really defining him as a playwright.

#shakespeare #william shakespeare #writing #horror #titus #titus andronicus #macbeth #teaching #othello #writers #books #gothic #lithub

[grelle-sutcliff-propaganda]

#grell sutcliff #kuroshitsuji #black butler #yana toboso #grelle sutcliff #othello #official art #manga

[superdogbiter]

#shakespeare #william shakespeare #romeo and juliet #the tempest #twelfth night #othello #king lear #much ado about nothing #midsommers nights dream #macbeth #hamlet

[infinatenoise]

Shakespere plays badly described in one sentence:

Romeo And Juliet - Your "Love had different plans" writing excuse ended with a restraining order and two dead kids

Macbeth - Girlboss uses her sopping pathetic wet dog of a husband to gain political power, ends horribly.

Hamlet - Pathetic emo boy destroys career of his creepy uncle

Titus Andronicus - It's a soap opera because after you watch it you feel the need to wash yourself thoroughly

The Tempest - One man's real person ship fic saves the government from corruption

Merchant Of Venice - The way to make your play where the main villain is a jewish person portraying every negative stereotype is by making the main christian characters the biggest pricks in existance

Twelfth Night - Shakespeare was a COWARD for not making the woman marry the sister and the man marry the brother.

Othello - A commentary on racism slightly ruined by the fact that the main villain shares a name with a cartoon disney parrot

#I don't have anything better to do #shakespeare #macbeth #hamlet #romeo and juliet #othello #the tempest #twelfth night #merchant of venice

[narcissusinamirrormaze]

Made this in English class today. Because. Shaysparr

#shakespeare #classic lit memes #romeo and juliet #hamlet #twelfth night #othello #macbeth

[emotinalsupportturtle]

Who wants to get in a time machine and go tell him?

from that 2005 R&J essay by David Tennant

#you know like in“ vincent and the doctor” #we all know it's a matter of time before he plays lear #just play iago and he's literally ticked all the roles #and played others too. to great acclaimn #david tennant #richard ii #benedick #hamlet #romeo #macbeth #i haven't even listed all his shakespeare roles #his career in shakespeare really deserves more credit and praise #because it is seriously impressive #the only reason one wouldn't consider him to be a great shakesperean actor is if you are a pretentious asshole #king lear #iago #othello #romeo and juliet essay #doctor who #shakespeare #rsc #shakespeare actors