Hello all,

I was watching Pirate Movie (a paridy of Pirates of Penzance, yes it is possible) last night (yes I have bad taste in movies) when my wife was commenting on how it seemed as bad as A Midsummer Night's Dream version she was subjected to in grad school. It was done in 1968 with some modern music and go-go boots were the main things she remembered.

Of course not willing to pass up a chance to see a cheesy movie I looked it up and got quite a surprise. Judi Dench plays Titania.

Here, for those who don't know her, is Judi Dench as (sorry folks) M in 007 -



What is funny is for people as young as me (42) all I know her is rolls like this so you get that image that someone is born old. Here is the discription of her roll in the movie from Meredith College ( http://www.meredith.edu/english/walton/HallAllen.htm ) -

The fairies are also a far cry from the average Athenian citizen. They are all human in form, but mossy green in color, with bright red lips and, for the men, red-rimmed eyes. Clothing, especially for the fairy queen, is kept to a bare minimum. This may or may not have been a great decision by the director. To a certain extent, the lack of clothing emphasizes the fairies’ otherworldliness. But when the clothing gets too scanty, that plan backfires. Titania (Judi Dench), who wears a costume comprised of about three leaves, looks like a green Eve, the very symbol of mortality, and I’m sure any male moviegoers in the audience are definitely not thinking of her as an ethereal, foreign fairy creature.

Another qoutes her as the sexist Titania ever.

I was surprised that Amazon has it for rental and DVD. Makes me tempted to get it just to check out the bad music and costums. From the rest of the discription it has quite a few actors the would go on to be big.

Jim