OMG, I love the parallel with Evil Dead 2 (I love that series) and Ash cutting his hand off. His manic laughter is just a knife-edge away from screaming. I love visual puns like the book title!
You've outdone yourself with this series, thank you! I love reading your articles.
Saw the title and knew there was going to be an evil dead 2 reference in here haha! The Shakespeare link is perfect - makes me want to read the play and rewatch evil dead 2. Great article!
Read this play when I was about 13 and stayed up all night sweating. So much gore even just to read is disturbing. I found the end vaguely endearing though
Thank you for this latest excellent and to me revelatory evisceration. Titus Andronicus, like Japanese tortures on POWs in WW2 (fast-growing bamboo up the urethra etc) was something we boarding-school pre-teens discussed in whispers 'after lights-out'. No actual knowledge was required, just an 11- or 12-year-old's imagination. So now I know. If only I had had your authoritative input c. 1960.
Farewell to Arms is such a hilariously brilliant title
OMG, I love the parallel with Evil Dead 2 (I love that series) and Ash cutting his hand off. His manic laughter is just a knife-edge away from screaming. I love visual puns like the book title!
You've outdone yourself with this series, thank you! I love reading your articles.
Thank you so much, Shelia! I’ve really enjoyed writing it
Saw the title and knew there was going to be an evil dead 2 reference in here haha! The Shakespeare link is perfect - makes me want to read the play and rewatch evil dead 2. Great article!
Thank you, Joe! I had fun with this one, I love a horror pun
Read this play when I was about 13 and stayed up all night sweating. So much gore even just to read is disturbing. I found the end vaguely endearing though
The baby lives!! Such a huge relief
I love the way you connected the dots to Evil Dead 2!
Thanks Bob!
Thank you for this latest excellent and to me revelatory evisceration. Titus Andronicus, like Japanese tortures on POWs in WW2 (fast-growing bamboo up the urethra etc) was something we boarding-school pre-teens discussed in whispers 'after lights-out'. No actual knowledge was required, just an 11- or 12-year-old's imagination. So now I know. If only I had had your authoritative input c. 1960.
Ah the gleeful nastiness of late night conversations between children!
It’s so underrated! Anthony Hopkins is great