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Maria:
Why won't you play men? Ned Kynaston:
Men aren't beautiful. What they do isn't beautiful either. Women do everything beautifully, especially when they die. Men feel far too much. *Feeling* ruins the effect. Feeling makes it ugly. [Maria rolls her eyes] Ned Kynaston:
Perhaps that's why I could never pull off the death scene. I- could never feel it in a way that wouldn't mar the- [pause] Ned Kynaston:
I couldn't let the beauty die. Without beauty there's nothing. Who could love that?
Why won't you play men? Ned Kynaston:
Men aren't beautiful. What they do isn't beautiful either. Women do everything beautifully, especially when they die. Men feel far too much. *Feeling* ruins the effect. Feeling makes it ugly. [Maria rolls her eyes] Ned Kynaston:
Perhaps that's why I could never pull off the death scene. I- could never feel it in a way that wouldn't mar the- [pause] Ned Kynaston:
I couldn't let the beauty die. Without beauty there's nothing. Who could love that?
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Why won't you play men
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Men aren't beautiful What they do isn't beautiful either
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Women do everything beautifully
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especially when they die
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Men feel far too much
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Feeling ruins the effect
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Feeling makes it ugly
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Perhaps that's why I could never pull off the death scene
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I
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could never feel it
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in a way that
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wouldn't mar the
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I couldn't let the beauty die
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Without beauty there's nothing
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Who could love that
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Movie Summary
A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?

