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Title: Falstaff a bit over the top
Review: This is an acceptable rendering of a great opera. From my perspective what keeps it from high praise is that one never believes the characters are real. Yes, it is and should be opera buffo, but when we make characters total buffons or use extreme characterizations we lose poignance and to my mind relevance. We are thus the less likely to watch this and see the flaws withing our own character.
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