Oh man. King Lear, Act III, Scene VI is so much better when you can see it. The lines are all delivered by that holy trinity of crazy, Lear, his fool and Edgar/Tom O'Bedlam, but it's their near-silent witness who makes the scene. Kent stands by helpless; as his lord shows him just how far gone he is. In audio, the scene mostly just demonstrates this fact to the audience. When you can see Kent's look of sadness and just... the dude's heart is breaking. It's pretty amazing, especially contrasted with the three men cavorting around him.
I need, need, need to explore the characters and write a post comparing Iago and Kent. Oh yes.
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