The issue isn’t that Grover explains things as they go. It’s that the only reason he’s explaining it is clearly the audience. In the original books you’ll find people explaining things to Percy constantly because Percy is the reader’s eyes and ears. Percy represents (like an Ambassador) the reader and so he learns along with us. It’s the most used way to drop information.
CHARACTERS IN THIS SCENE: PRINCE- Prince of Medi. BORS- King of Albion. Lia's father. LIA- Princess of Albion, Bors' daughter. KENT- Son of the Duke of Kent, based in Albion. Suitor to Princess Lia. SOMMERS- Fool and friend to the King of Albion. Bors’ Castle Kitchen Enter Prince Prince: Lia? Lovely Lia? Ars’t you still… Continue reading An Archaic Modern Play: Play On, Act 4, Scene 4
Okay, finally, I’m here. I’m going to talk about the writing. I think this writing, rather than being horrible or the worst thing ever written by a human being, is a classic case of ‘too many cooks spoil the broth’. When I finished the film and the credits scrolled by I wasn’t surprised to learn that there had been four writers behind it. Because, unlike other people who read it as AI, I read it completely as a film written by many different writers—each with their own ideas, each with their own wants and needs and each getting carried away with their ideas even if they clashed with each other.
CHARACTERS IN THIS SCENE: LIA- Princess of Albion. KENT- Son of the Duke of Kent, a suitor for the Princess of Albion. Bors’ Castle kitchen Enter Lia and Kent Kent: Are you sure you wish to be here, Princess? It does not seem a place for somebody as highly appreciated as you. Lia: I am… Continue reading An Archaic Modern Play: Play On, Act 4, Scene 3
The Literary Onion 