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This paper critically analyzes Oliver Parker's film adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play, "Othello." The essay explores many aspects of the production including casting, cinematography and direction. It also shows how the film differs from Shakespeare's original work. The review gives the film a rating in the final paragraph.

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"Debuting at the height of the O.J. Simpson media-frenzy, Oliver Parker's modern interpretation of Shakespeare's Othello promised to be a controversial one. Othello is, after all, a play about a black man who kills his wife in a jealous fury. Coincidence or not, Parker wisely chooses to downplay the race issue. Casting Laurence Fishburne as his Moor of Venice, Parker's Othello is anything but traditional. If Shakespeare's Othello was the Elizabethan portrayal of an African warrior, then Parker's adaptation fit's the modern stereotype of a metropolitan thug. Reaching out to a modern audience that has a fickle affection for Shakespeare, Parker relies on sex and violence to sell his film where art and poetry fail."

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