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A submission from dontcrosscross.
Fanvideo made from clips of the 1996 Twelfth Night, with Nicholas Farrell as Antonio and Steven Mackintosh as Sebastian, set to “Romanticide” by Tal Bachman. Antonio/Sebastian, but Antonio-centric.
[Clips are of Antonio and Sebastian interacting or Antonio alone by himself; there are very few featuring only Sebastian. The main exception to this is on the line in the chorus “Whoever said that good guys always win?” which is set to a clip of Sebastian kissing or otherwise interacting with Olivia. In the clips of Antonio alone, he looks sad.]
Also, let it be noted that I, the creator and submitter of this fanvid, also made this one (link to “Beautiful, Dirty, Rich” fanvid previously posted on this blog).
Thank you!
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» The Queering of Sebastian
An interesting paper on the sexuality of Sebastian, of Twelfth Night, which
attempts to substantiate a claim not only of Sebastian’s bisexuality with his rescuer/friend Antonio but also his sexual role within that relationship and later his role within a potential marraige with Olivia.
An excerpt:
When they initially part on the beach Sebastian confesses to Antonio, “[M]y name / is Sebastian, which I called Roderigo” (2.1.15-16). Neither the play nor most of its critics pause over this passage. Pequigney argues, “The alias may be demystified if it is seen as a means to hide his identity, his true name and family connections, during a drawn-out sexual liaison with a stranger in strange lands.” (205). Given Sebastian’s androgynous physicality, Antonio’s ardent love “[A] desire, / More sharp than filed steel” (3.3.4-5) for the youth, Sebastian’s compliant and pleasing nature, his emotional dependence on Antonio, his initial desire to keep secret his identity, and not least of all his utter confusion and surprise at being thrust into a marriage with Olivia, the play seems to suggest, as Pequigney has argued, the certainly of a physical relationship between he and Antonio.
And plenty more of interest at the link.
