some fun facts about the production of hamlet i’m in right now:
the ghost never appears physically
ghost scenes take place in complete darkness, lit only by the guards’ flashlights
rosencrantz and guildenstern’s first entrance involves a tango choreographed to beyoncé’s “crazy in love”
other transition music includes “applause” by lady gaga, “loveless” by lorde, “only angel” by harry styles, and “a little party never killed nobody”
gertrude is either drunk or hungover for the entire play
when polonius encounters hamlet to find the cause of his madness, hamlet is reading a copy of “infinite jest”
rosencrantz and guildenstern try to seduce hamlet into a threesome
they also try to seduce claudius
at intermission laertes goes onstage to practice his swordplay and flirt with the audience members in french. osric watches him from behind the curtain and takes notes
the pirates who deliver letters to horatio are dressed in trench coats, sunglasses, and fedoras
fortinbras is a thirteen-year-old boy
and finally:
hamlet doesn’t give the “to be or not to be” speech. horatio does. at the end of the play. over hamlet’s body
hot take: the problem isnt the manic pixie dream girl. its the boring ass moody emotional leech guy she always gets paired with. we need more manic pixie dream characters. just give them partners who are as great as them or let them be happy alone! no more smart, beautiful, optimistic, kind girls getting paired with actual mosquitoes of men!
Also: make some manic pixie dream boys. If I wanna see romance maybe I wanna see a giddy boy full of positive energy who tells you fun facts about the constellations. Stop teaching boys they have to be moody and sad and they have to find salvation in a dream girl, this is how you breed Bad Men.
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