The only film version I've seen thus far where I could see Hamlet/Claudius is the 2000 one with Ethan Hawke. Patrick Stewart, in this version, is far too austere to ship with anyone. XD
Asta!Hamlet! Who is buddies with Fortinbras and passes as a man because all the men wear too much make-up! I'm looking forward to your Shakespeare thoughts. :D
IT IS SO CRACKY AND AMAZING. XD I was intending to do a picspam of it, but then I spent like 20 caps on the scene where Hamlet meets Horatio. So, uh.
My predominant thoughts were YAY HAMLET/HORATIO and OMG ASTA NIELSEN GET IN MY PANTS. Also: did you know that the whole concept is from a book about Hamlet? (Probably, but let me talk about it.) Basically, the whole thing is trying to prove Hamlet's a girl. Which is, okay, sure. But then they spend a chapter arguing that s/he's in love with Horatio. But because it's nearly impossible to actually PROVE Hamlet is female, they spend the whole chapter talking about "his untold passion" or w/e. XD YAY SCHOLARLY VALIDATION.
Also, I was intrigued by the lack of ghost. And Hamlet's decisiveness at the end. And evil Gertrude.
HOW DID I KNOW YOU WOULD BE THE ONE TO ASK ABOUT THAT XD
Well, here is their website. Here's a little bit on it in the local news. If you poke around on the website you can find their blog and such, but yeah, basically it's just Hamlet staged all around Alcatraz. Starting on the ferry there, and then going all around the island and prison. Our show is going to start at 3:30, I think, which is good because hopefully the sun'll have set for the last hour or so. :D
Oh and apparently I tangentially know one of the women in it? She was in the reading of Henry IV 1 I saw with my Shakespeare class, done by the company I'm working for now. But I can't recognize any of the people in the photos and such, so I've probably forgotten what her face looks like. Oops.
Of course! It'll be over by the evening, so I can do it that same day. And... that might be the woman I tangentially know, actually. (Now you mention it, I think the guy I work for/with/something said she was playing Hamlet. So, uh. Maybe I can get an introduction?)
I might've read something along those lines months ago, when it was still in production. But yeah, I'll talk about it when I see it. BECAUSE YOU LIVE ON THE EAST COAST WHERE THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF OTHER AWESOME THEATRE. We should switch places for a month, or something. :P
Yeah... XD Mine works sometimes, but then it has days where it just goes, "Nope. Taking a break. Don't feel like doing anything today." Which makes me go WTF computer, you're a computer and you can't think for yourself. And then it blows a raspberry at me, and that's when this comment stops making sense.
PS. If we're thinking of the same reason why I made that vid, no you don't because you already wrote me one. :P
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*is hyperventilating* Do you realize how PERFECTLY done that was? I AM SO HAPPEH NOW. MY DAY IS MADE. *goes to YouTube to ADD TO DAMN FAVORITES*
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The only film version I've seen thus far where I could see Hamlet/Claudius is the 2000 one with Ethan Hawke. Patrick Stewart, in this version, is far too austere to ship with anyone. XD
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My predominant thoughts were YAY HAMLET/HORATIO and OMG ASTA NIELSEN GET IN MY PANTS. Also: did you know that the whole concept is from a book about Hamlet? (Probably, but let me talk about it.) Basically, the whole thing is trying to prove Hamlet's a girl. Which is, okay, sure. But then they spend a chapter arguing that s/he's in love with Horatio. But because it's nearly impossible to actually PROVE Hamlet is female, they spend the whole chapter talking about "his untold passion" or w/e. XD YAY SCHOLARLY VALIDATION.
Also, I was intrigued by the lack of ghost. And Hamlet's decisiveness at the end. And evil Gertrude.
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Well, here is their website. Here's a little bit on it in the local news. If you poke around on the website you can find their blog and such, but yeah, basically it's just Hamlet staged all around Alcatraz. Starting on the ferry there, and then going all around the island and prison. Our show is going to start at 3:30, I think, which is good because hopefully the sun'll have set for the last hour or so. :D
Oh and apparently I tangentially know one of the women in it? She was in the reading of Henry IV 1 I saw with my Shakespeare class, done by the company I'm working for now. But I can't recognize any of the people in the photos and such, so I've probably forgotten what her face looks like. Oops.
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Of course! It'll be over by the evening, so I can do it that same day. And... that might be the woman I tangentially know, actually. (Now you mention it, I think the guy I work for/with/something said she was playing Hamlet. So, uh. Maybe I can get an introduction?)
I might've read something along those lines months ago, when it was still in production. But yeah, I'll talk about it when I see it. BECAUSE YOU LIVE ON THE EAST COAST WHERE THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF OTHER AWESOME THEATRE. We should switch places for a month, or something. :P
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If you made that vid for the reason I think you made that vid, I owe you a fic.
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PS. If we're thinking of the same reason why I made that vid, no you don't because you already wrote me one. :P
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