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In the beginning,. ~. there was…. “Hamlet”. You know…that one Mel Gibson movie?. Poor Yorick; Yo, ‘Ratio - I, like, Knew him?. Well, it was written by this dude. What a piece of work is a man. (William Shakespeare).
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In the beginning, ~ there was…
You know…that one Mel Gibson movie? Poor Yorick; Yo, ‘Ratio - I, like, Knew him?
Well, it was written by this dude What a piece of work is a man (William Shakespeare)
And the lead role (Hamlet) has also been played by these fellows…
Oh, sure, “Hamlet”continued to audiences for generations, and is still performed regularly throughout the world
In China… Read about it here
In Tunisia… See it here
In Canada… Stratford Shakespeare Festival
That’s a whole lot of “Hamlet”
In fact,“Hamlet” is widely believed to be the most-performed play in the English language, and perhaps the most-performed in modern history Even beyond the live stage, there are over 50 films and screen adaptations that bear its name
That’s, like, soo 17th century! And while we’re on the subject why Perchance (if I can be so bold) must it always be about
WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT YOU?! Case in point
I mean, OK, I know you’ve had to deal with some pretty heavy stuff
(Fratricide, patricide, clinical depression, repressed unconscious emotions, unrequited love, existential vexation, loneliness, skepticism, self-doubt, solipsism, Oedipal complexities, misogynistic rage, intellectual preoccupation, vanity, spiritual disquiet, pathological insecurity, borderline schizophrenia and/or multiple-personality disorder, your father’s spooky ghost, charming good looks that only a mother could love, a proclivity for engaging in some serious sophistry, one heck of a beef with the moral character of the human race, a somewhat far flung fascination with the discrepancy between the known and the unknown universe, a heated debate between you, yourself, and ye regarding fate and/vs. free will, a lot of good jokes we’re only just beginning to get, the loss of your bestest homies, and, of course, your own death)
IT’S TIME TO GET OVER ALL THAT STUFF
Lest ye not forget: The rest of us have our own problems
Think of someone other than yourself and ‘poor Yorick’ for a change
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (Move over, Shakespeare - it’s Tommy boy’s turn.)