it's been forever since i've seen this movie.
but i think the scene was added in to show how much control hugo had over o's thoughts. think about it, if he'd not been given ideas by hugo, then he would've never behaved in such a manner as he did with desi, especially it being her first time to have sex & with their level of trust (before he was gettin suspicious of her friendship with michael, i believe)
anyway, i've read the play as well. it's one of my favorite shakespeare plays. the mind-games that hugo play(ed) (both in the movie & the actual play) is what's disturbing to me.
i grew up with a kid like him, he could talk anyone into anything (and talk himself out of anything) he had a power over most of his friends that couldn't be broken cos he could say or do something & they'd listen or take the fall for him sometimes, cos of the fear they held towards him. he was a manipulative lil bastard, that was for sure, yet he had charm out the wazoo. very much like hugo displayed through out the movie, me thinx.
"Oh, Baby, you're my drug
I was just your cigarette!"
~Miranda Lambert
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