Hamlet, what would you make of this Tumblr sitch?

Here we are again and it's Tumblr day. Is it your favorite day? It is not mine, but I do like it plenty. Today, let's do only Hamlet ones, because everybody loves them some Hamlet.

No, seriously. Tumblr can't seem to get enough of that Danish angst.

XD

I mean... yeah.

Burn! Oh, wait.

I prefer this version immensely.

Well that'll do it for this round of tumblr stuffs!  I do hope you have a lovely time.

Moar Tumblr

Good day to you all!  I am back now (orly?) to share more tumblr posts with you.  Perhaps you are thinking that rather than follow a blog that's so spotty on updates, you'd rather just go to tumblr and subscribe to such things as these yourself.  Well FINE! I have no right to be butt hurt about that, but I cannot promise I won't be.

This is a bit dark. Maybe I shouldn't have lead it with.  NO! NO LOOKING BACK! So anyway, in case it was unclear, or you're unfamiliar with Hamlet (and yet still here?! I love you madly for that.), Horatio is the only person left alive at the end of this play.

These are both references to the same Inappropriate Audition Songs meme of people using songs that hit a little too close to home while auditioning for a certain part in a play.

Re-appropriation of the same quote from The Office

TRUTH.

I am just saying this list is legit.

Hugs and kisses, erebody!

I Don't Care if You Think it's Corny

I am not ashamed of myself!

Okay, maybe just a little.  This was sent to me by an old professor, and I just can't get enough of it.  

Yeeepp... I did it again.  Also from said professor.  He was not ashamed and so neither am I!*

*What I am ashamed of is my absence.  Perhaps these posts will start rolling in now? Mmm, we'll see. I am a terrible liar at the best of times.

Did you Miss Me?

Guys.

Guys.

I am sorry it had been so long.  But I am pretty sure this will make up for it.

Dost thou event hoist?!  Cometh at me, brethren.

Master of literature and guns, baby!

Buy this excellent work out shirt here.

Updates will start being more regular. This I vow!

Shakespeare and Tumblr Part 3

Hey-ho!

Today is a tumblr day again - do you love these?  I love these.  If you do, or don't, share your thoughts in the comments!  I plan to keep doing them, because I love sharing the relevancy of Shakespeare's plays.  There is something so enlightening about connecting with people and stories from over 400 years ago.

So let'd just do it!  I will provide explanations where I fear there may be a disconnect.  If I am mistaken and there is no disconnect and you are way smarter than that, then my B, yo.

Butthurt

That Escalated Quickly  

I cam out here to have a good time and I'm honestly feeling so attacked right now

Bitch I might

15 Minutes Late with Starbucks

Do it for the Vine

Doge meme

I hope you enjoyed thoses!  My favorite is by far the first one about Ophelia - "Does she have a boyfriend?" "Not a good one."  Ah, I laughed pretty hard at that.

Anyway, until next week, friends!

I am not ashamed. Or should I say ABshamed! ...That was bad.

Guess what everyone!

Shirtless Shakespeare is an awesome thing that happened.  Thank you, electricalice.tumblr.com and amarguerite.tumblr.com for allowing us to live in a world where these exist.

Pretty sure my shame gland is broken, and that is why I am sharing this.  In other news, Thursday is my graduation ceremony, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to post something or not.  I certainly hope so!  But we'll see how busy it gets.   In other words, yes, there is a strong chance that this is what I am leaving you with for a whole week.

I will endeavor to be more scholarly next time maybe.

Shakespeare and Brooklyn Nine-Nine

'Sup!

So, it makes me overly happy when there's a reference to Shakespeare in a current show I like - and it's something that happens a lot more than people realize, I think.  Mostly because not everyone is going to recognize everything that is a nod to the Bard of Avon, seeing that not everyone studies his plays.

How did this weird train of thought come about?  Well, I was watching Madam Secretary the other night with my parents and Tea Leoni said, "The play's the thing," and I went, "Oh snap!" Then my mother looked at me like I was a crazy person.

But that's a line from Hamlet, guys!  "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king." Hamlet wants to be sure the ghost didn't lie to him, so our favorite Dane stages a play about the exact thing his ghost dad said Claudius did to see if he can get a reaction from Claudius.  Guess what: he totally get a reaction!*

Anyway, the saying was used in the show to invoke the idea of setting a trap for someone. Thrilling, huh?

Thus inspired, I decided to take one of my favorite shows and chronicle the Shakespeare references.  I am currently very into Brooklyn Nine-Nine on Fox; it's on its second season, and already there are three whole Shakespeare references.

Let's list them!

Captain Holt: How did you get everyone to help you?
Jake Peralta: I appealed to their sense of teamwork and camaraderie with a rousing speech that would put Shakespeare to shame.
(Flashback to speech. Jake talking in a bad Scottish accent) For too long, we've been put down, ridiculed, made to wear ties! But no more! For today, we defeat him!
Captain Holt: And that worked?
Jake Peralta: No.






Jake Peralta: I guess that's your new best friend now, Santiago.  Emphasis on "iago," backstabber.
Amy Santiago: I'm surprised you've read Othello.
Jake Peralta: What the hell's Othello? I'm calling you the parrot from Aladdin.

(Charles Boyle comes in for a Halloween costume contest dressed as Hamlet to get people's opinions)
Charles Boyle: To be or not to be-
Rosa Diaz: Not to be.
Charles Boyle: Thank you (leaves and changes)





Stay tuned!  I bet there will be more at this rate!  Is there a show you love that might reference the bard?  Also, are there any in B99 that I've missed?  If you too are a Shakespeare buff and somehow also love Brooklyn Nine-Nine, then you are required by law to tell me so that we can be friends.

Fun picture from the show.  Maybe you should watch it on account of how awesome it is.

*That's up to interpretation.  Like everything else in the written world.

Star Wars and Shakespeare

Tidings unto you dudes,

Late post is late.  But still Monday, so woo!  I am here to tell you that there is this thing out there called William Shakespeare's Star Wars.

Oh yes.

Ever wonder what it would have been like if William Shakespeare wrote the original Star Wars trilogy? Do you find yourself drifting off during the original, imagining a better way?  Is your life a bit like this:

"Hey baby, whatcha thinkin' about?"
"Just what it would be like if Willie Shakespeare had written 'A New Hope.'"
"...Again? Do you ever have any other thoughts, or...?"

Well wonder no more! Ian Doescher has written the entire original trilogy as if it were written 400 years ago by William Shakespeare himself.   Experience the glory below:

I marvel at the way people chose to spend their time.  Here is an excerpt:

I know what you're thinking: "shut up and take my money already."  Okay, well you can buy it here.  This is the book you're looking for.

So long for now, dear readers.  With thou mayeth the force be!

Next Time Think it Through, Romeo

I've shared this delightful image before, on my Facebook, but I think it will find itself more at home on this blog.

Ha! Literary put-down! Buuurn.

The great thing about Romeo and Juliet is that our culture is saturated with it - and I am all for that.  But if you ask me (and no one did), calling someone your Romeo is a bit like calling them your wishy-washy, whiny lover.  As they say, he is one that loves not wisely, but too well.  Wait, that's Othello.  Whatevs, my point still stands.

But Khaki!!  Star-crossed lovers!  That's so romantic!  Absolutely it is.  Just remember that star-crossed means thwarted by the stars, rather than destined to be together because of them. You will spend your entire relationship dodging pianos that are falling from the sky, and trying not to get hit by city buses in crosswalks.  Probably.  Point is, doom will follow you. DOOM, people!

Ah, but the course of true love never did run smooth.  Wait, that's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

I'm not saying it doesn't have it's upside.  Who wouldn't want to hear their lover say things like, "I would not wish any companion in the world but you.” Man... that's hella romantic.  Wait, that's from The Tempest.  Wow, all these love quotes from better love stories!  It's like Khaki is trying to push other plays on the romantically-inclined or something!  Well, except Othello... that was... well, let's just not talk about that right now.

So, in summation: I'd take white-bread romance over a guy who murdered my cousin any day. Maybe that's boring, but I just so happen to be close to my cousins.  And I don't see how I could ever invite my boyfriend to the family picnic after that.