Lancelot and Guenevere: Should they or shouldn't they?
Lancelot and Guenevere: Should they or shouldn't they?
#0Lancelot and Guenevere: Should they or shouldn't they?
Posted: 5/21/05 at 11:04am
KIss, that is. I saw a production of Camelot wherein Lance Kissed Guenevere and it stunned me...I thought their romance was never consumated...it makes so much more sense to me if he never actually makes love to her (kissing included)...what do you think?
Remember: "I loved you once in silence..."
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#1re: Lancelot and Guenevere: Should they or shouldn't they?
Posted: 5/21/05 at 11:26amGet it on Lance
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romanov
Stand-by Joined: 5/6/05
#2re: Lancelot and Guenevere: Should they or shouldn't they?
Posted: 5/21/05 at 11:33amOh, give the girl a chance.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#3re: Lancelot and Guenevere: Should they or shouldn't they?
Posted: 5/21/05 at 11:42amI personally think it is more powerful if the romance is NEVER acted on. I totally agree redhot.
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sanda
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/10/04
#4re: Lancelot and Guenevere: Should they or shouldn't they?
Posted: 5/21/05 at 1:34pmI only watched the movie and never doubt that Lance and Guenevera did make love. Never think about that they didnot.
#5re: Lancelot and Guenevere: Should they or shouldn't they?
Posted: 5/21/05 at 2:48pm
in ALL versions of the movie, I do believe it's made obvious that they had sex. I've actually never seen the play, so can't speak to that.
However.......I don't believe Arthur would have allowed a death sentence if they had NOT had sex.
Makes more sense to me if they do......
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#6re: Lancelot and Guenevere: Should they or shouldn't they?
Posted: 5/21/05 at 2:58pmI thought Lancelot was gay...
#7re: Lancelot and Guenevere: Should they or shouldn't they?
Posted: 5/21/05 at 3:53pmI can't think of any form of the Arthurian legend where Lancelot and Guenevere did NOT have sex. Plus, in The Once and Future King, the actual basis for the musical Camelot, they certainly did.
MusicMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#8re: Lancelot and Guenevere: Should they or shouldn't they?
Posted: 5/21/05 at 7:37pm
When Guinevere sings "I loved you once in silence," I believe she is referring to the period of time between the time they first felt the stirrings of attraction for each other (the post-joust-miracle scene through the end of Act One)and when their passion was consummated ("we flung wide our prison doors"). Act Two of CAMELOT opens with Lancelot singing IF EVER I WOULD LEAVE YOU and the first line following the song is spoken by Guinevere, who says, "Do you think Arthur knows?," the implication being that they have done the beast with two backs sometime during intermission, thus sealing Camelot's doom.
EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#9re: Lancelot and Guenevere: Should they or shouldn't they?
Posted: 5/21/05 at 8:18pmYes, I believe they did consummate their love, too. Otherwise there would not be as much heartbreak over her betrayal.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#10re: Lancelot and Guenevere: Should they or shouldn't they?
Posted: 5/21/05 at 11:00pm
Cats,
Every production I've ever done has had a gay Lancelot.
Go figure
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MusicMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#11re: Lancelot and Guenevere: Should they or shouldn't they?
Posted: 5/21/05 at 11:07pm
Pretty is as pretty does.
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