this blog could use a little more sunshine. it's bad enough that present-day weather brings about so much rain--need this site too?
and so a happy post--finally, after many weeks of dreadful, dramatic ones.
enter, David Tennant. a man too beautiful for my soul, and too wonderful for anyone to remain perfectly sane within two feet of his presence.
also, the love of my life.
unlike most admirers of his however, i never watched a full Doctor Who Season 10 episode--no, not even the special with both Tennant and Matt Smith. i'm not exactly proud of myself for this fact, since Doctor Who was perhaps his greatest television achievement ever (as it made him so popular after all).
i got to adore Tennant after my English 11 professor showed to us a clip of him as Hamlet reciting the famous "To Be or Not to Be" soliloquy. prior to watching it, i analyzed the soliloquy and wrote small notes on my interpretations on it within its margins. without any context of Hamlet, i thought that "To Be or Not to Be" was a question of excellence and greatness. with Tennant's delivery however, it became clear to me how it was in fact a question of his fate and inner grieving--no such greatness at all.
and last night, i finished watching Tennant's complete performance of Hamlet whilst also reading the script. and indeed, he breathes such life into Hamlet's words and builds such character to an already iconic idea--the Tragic Prince of Denmark truly made complete, in every mannerism, twitch, and slip of the foot.
i once said to my best friend, Sab, that Tennant is such a work of art, as though he were the idea that Michelangelo and Bernini tried to capture within stone but never could. his features, you could find in dreams, but never on paper or on marble--and grateful I am that God chose him to be flesh indeed.
...even in moments when he looks like this
or this
...and sometimes (but very rarely) like this
and until i can stand it no longer, i'll go after all Tennant's other brilliant films (and readings!) before i actually get to watching Doctor Who. 'tis a journey worth trainhopping for, and you bet i'm excited.
