John Keats, you’re a ‘Star!’
If the bare act of sex were enough for us, we wouldn’t complicate it with our imaginings, with poetry, with movies. Like John Keats’ poetry, “Bright Star” — the new biopic about the Romantic poet — is animated by the creative energy that arises from not getting any.
“Bright Star” is an ode to the great love affair between Keats and Fanny Brawne, a daughter of the English gentry. Because Keats’ genius went unrecognized by his contemporaries, he was penniless and unsuitable for marriage to his beloved. Superficially — scenes, costumes — the film seems most comparable to a Jane Austen...
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By Mary R Finan
7:55p.m. on September 26, 2009
Enjoyed the production of Keats and his complicated life, tragedy but recognition now for his romantic but insightful poetry. Compliments to the direction.
Keats is the man! If he's not getting any, then why should anyone else? Well, I'm in Amsterdam, so it's a different story here, but otherwise, yes, no play today. Holla! -B