Shakespeare gone bad
A little comedy post today, since I'm in that kind of mood.
Imagine, if you will, a Shakespeare play. It could be Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, whatever.
Now, imagine an old TV show. Not really old. 70s, 80s maybe. Something like Transformers, The A-Team or Starsky and Hutch.
Now, combine the two and imagine the results.
Done? Good. This is the kind of thing that stems from the conversations I have with my friends. It started out as an alternative to actually paying attention to the ball during a PE lesson of short tennis, where we imagined Mr T. in the title role of Othello, a general of Venice and one of Shakespeare's greatest tragic heroes.
Duke of Venice: Th'affair cries haste,
And speed must answer it. You must hence tonight.
Othello: I ain't getting' on no plane, your Excellency!
After having been exposed to my other friends over lunch, we created things that will haunt the nightmares of any English teacher. Romeo and Hutch (with Huggy Bear as Friar Lawrence), Teenage Mutant Ninja Hamlet and any kind of crossover between A Midsummer Night's Dream and Transformers were all fine by us.
The possibilities abound. Macbeth meets MacGyver. Much Ado About Airwolf. Twelfth Knight Rider. The Merchant of U.N.C.L.E..
For future reference, I didn't know that quote above off by heart. I'm not that much of a literary maniac. However, I am enough of one to go and look up the phrase “off by heart”, which is actually quite interesting, it seems. I'm going to have to look into that. Some other time. After sleep.
Imagine, if you will, a Shakespeare play. It could be Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, whatever.
Now, imagine an old TV show. Not really old. 70s, 80s maybe. Something like Transformers, The A-Team or Starsky and Hutch.
Now, combine the two and imagine the results.
Done? Good. This is the kind of thing that stems from the conversations I have with my friends. It started out as an alternative to actually paying attention to the ball during a PE lesson of short tennis, where we imagined Mr T. in the title role of Othello, a general of Venice and one of Shakespeare's greatest tragic heroes.
Duke of Venice: Th'affair cries haste,
And speed must answer it. You must hence tonight.
Othello: I ain't getting' on no plane, your Excellency!
After having been exposed to my other friends over lunch, we created things that will haunt the nightmares of any English teacher. Romeo and Hutch (with Huggy Bear as Friar Lawrence), Teenage Mutant Ninja Hamlet and any kind of crossover between A Midsummer Night's Dream and Transformers were all fine by us.
The possibilities abound. Macbeth meets MacGyver. Much Ado About Airwolf. Twelfth Knight Rider. The Merchant of U.N.C.L.E..
For future reference, I didn't know that quote above off by heart. I'm not that much of a literary maniac. However, I am enough of one to go and look up the phrase “off by heart”, which is actually quite interesting, it seems. I'm going to have to look into that. Some other time. After sleep.
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