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thegrumpymathematician:
colfield:
modern day shakespeare adaptions that should exist
southern gothic macbeth. the bloody, brutal themes of the play in the suffocating atmosphere of the genre. the imagery of lady macbeth’s hands dripping with blood! the witches! macbeth’s madness when he believes the swamp has actually come to life to kill him! it’s like it was made for this play
political othello. make him secretary of defense or state. imagine a house of cards like environment. addresses issues of current racism and misogyny in politics, and Iago’s jealous/obsessive love for Othello with very clear homo-erotic undertones. like extremely explicit and how that translates in such a masculine setting to understand Iago’s intent.
police hamlet. hamlet senior as the deputy in nyc. his mysterious death draws his son home from stanford/harvard/what-have-you. a modern day noir-like detective mystery. emphasis on ophelia’s depression and subsequent decent into madness by popping too many pills. the way the “respectful” upper-class tear themselves apart splashed all across the media.
the tempest as lost.
titus andronicus as a proper horror movie, set in the current war in the middle east.
college midsummer nights dream. the fairyland is a popular night club. lots of dubstep music and drugs slipped in dark corners of the dance floor.
Actually, House of Cards is an adaptation of Othello. Frank Underwood is supposed to be Iago.
(This makes Claire Emilia, and let me say that that pleases me to no end. Emilia’s character and Othello as a play make so much more sense and have so much more continuity if you ignore the ‘submissive Emilia SUDDENLY GROWS A SPINE IN ACT FIVE!’ simplification they feed you in high school. Emilia is supposed to be read as somewhat tongue-in-cheek–couples in the play reflect eachother. Othello and Desdemona are Kind and Pure and Not Very Bright. Cassio and Bianca are Fun-Loving and Good and Loyal. Iago and Emilia are Clever and Evil and probably my favorite Shakespeare couple. They’re perfectly matched and work together to orchestrate the plot. And they die not in one another’s arms, by at each other’s hands and that’s just so much more fitting for them.)
thegrumpymathematician:
colfield:
modern day shakespeare adaptions that should exist
southern gothic macbeth. the bloody, brutal themes of the play in the suffocating atmosphere of the genre. the imagery of lady macbeth’s hands dripping with blood! the witches! macbeth’s madness when he believes the swamp has actually come to life to kill him! it’s like it was made for this play
political othello. make him secretary of defense or state. imagine a house of cards like environment. addresses issues of current racism and misogyny in politics, and Iago’s jealous/obsessive love for Othello with very clear homo-erotic undertones. like extremely explicit and how that translates in such a masculine setting to understand Iago’s intent.
police hamlet. hamlet senior as the deputy in nyc. his mysterious death draws his son home from stanford/harvard/what-have-you. a modern day noir-like detective mystery. emphasis on ophelia’s depression and subsequent decent into madness by popping too many pills. the way the “respectful” upper-class tear themselves apart splashed all across the media.
the tempest as lost.
titus andronicus as a proper horror movie, set in the current war in the middle east.
college midsummer nights dream. the fairyland is a popular night club. lots of dubstep music and drugs slipped in dark corners of the dance floor.
Actually, House of Cards is an adaptation of Othello. Frank Underwood is supposed to be Iago.
(This makes Claire Emilia, and let me say that that pleases me to no end. Emilia’s character and Othello as a play make so much more sense and have so much more continuity if you ignore the ‘submissive Emilia SUDDENLY GROWS A SPINE IN ACT FIVE!’ simplification they feed you in high school. Emilia is supposed to be read as somewhat tongue-in-cheek–couples in the play reflect eachother. Othello and Desdemona are Kind and Pure and Not Very Bright. Cassio and Bianca are Fun-Loving and Good and Loyal. Iago and Emilia are Clever and Evil and probably my favorite Shakespeare couple. They’re perfectly matched and work together to orchestrate the plot. And they die not in one another’s arms, by at each other’s hands and that’s just so much more fitting for them.)
