[Nicolai P. Zwar]

The difference is that that person puts the Olivier Hamlet up as the pinnacle which can’t be bettered, and that’s why he returns to it again and again.

I don’t know, did he? Didn’t you then? I just basically quoted you: “If I want to experience one particular title, I’ll reach for one particular, preferred version over and over again, rather than dipping into other interpretations regularly.”

So I took it from the general and specified it: “If I want to experience HAMLET, I’ll reach for the 1948 Laurence Olivier film over and over again, rather than watching any other interpretation regularly”.

So that’s basically the same thing you said, just filled with HAMLET. As I said, you can insert Beethoven’s 9th as well, of course: “If I want to experience Beethoven’s 9th, I’ll reach for the 1977 Karajan recording over and over again, rather than listening to any other interpretation regularly”.

And that’s all fine… I find nothing wrong with having any preferred or favorite version of any piece of art.

This was just about the distinction between “work-centric” and “performance-centric”, and I find that definitely more “performance-centric” than “work-centric”. That’s all.