Lee Sizemore Is The Fool From Shakespeare
I recently began watching Westworld ( I watched season 1 before starting this season) and was wondering what you thought of the idea that the Lee Sizemore character is playing the role of the fool character in a Shakespeare play. While he is mostly their for comic relief, he may also be telling truths that no one pays attention to because he is the fool. In season 2, he keeps mentioning to the hosts that what they are feeling is not real that it is just code meaning they are still on someone’ script.
Some evidence for this may be at the end of the Shogun Episode Sizemore compliments Maeve on her skills at improving, but even if someone is improving one is still playing a role and in the preview for episode 6 Elsie tells Bernard the host are improvising meaning their are still in a role. Last season Bernard showed Maeve she was still on a script even after she believed she was free. Something to think about. The show is great.
Tony .
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We really should give “Westworld” more credit. The tendency is to exclaim “he wouldn’t really act like that” whenever a character does something that doesn’t quite align with perfect reality. But a more sophisticated viewer might ask “why is he doing that” and “what does this represent?” In this case, I think you’re absolutely right. The Fool in any Shakespearean work spoke truth to power and pleased the audience. Sizemore is doing the same.