i get that if the play is good then the acting is probably good and the sets probably good etc etc but yknow

plus - concerts have conceded a lot to The Phone, which a lot of artists complain about, but u cld say it allows them to be freer with camerawork onstage. if theatre let audiences on their phones then cameras onstage might be less cringe

also thinking a loooot about (re)mediatisation and live events… a lot of performing to the camera (not us) here but then many ppl already experience concerts thru their phone cameras - why not do the remediatising for us, in better quality

once panto is over i will go back to my #hema club and do a lot more sword posting probably

overall 3/10 for actual swordfighting but 8/10 for entertainment. kicking pirates in the butt (literally) >> historical accuracy

the distance management is terrible but again points for switching to grappling when they’re very very close

as usual for stage/tv sword fights, spending way too much time in the bind but they get points for binding mostly in the strong

secondly, they’re using rapiers as if they were cutting weapons - slashing side to side - rather than thrusting & winding as they’re intended for

choni 4ever 4real