Month: August 2015
Nine Fun Ways To Fuck With Shakespeare
StandardI’ve been sitting on this list for a bit (mostly because I… forgot I wrote it) but now, here it is! Note: These are all things I have seen in actual productions or done myself.
- Assume the characters love each other. The more they hate each other, the more fun this is!
- Move punctuation around to make new sentences. (There’s textual precedent for this! The Prologue to ‘Pyramus and Thisbe’- in Midsummer, yo- bases its humor on the actor speaking it having messed up his pauses. Also a lot of punctuation was added by editors later, so this one isn’t even a stretch.)
- Eliminate metatheatrical deception. Asides? Everyone on stage can hear them. Disguise? Everyone can see through it.
- Cut out famous soliloquies. I saw a production of Hamlet that cut ‘To be or not to be.’ It was EXCELLENT. Corollary 4a: Leave in the bits that always get cut.
- Kill somebody who the script leaves alive. In that same Hamlet, Horatio drank the rest of the poison and died after delivering his final speech.
- Introduce a physical plot point without changing the text. The Shakespeare Theatre in DC did a King Lear where Cordelia was played by a deaf actor, and the Fool was her interpreter. (I also saw a Much Ado in which the actor who played Beatrice was pregnant in real life. The production didn’t really acknowledge that, but it would have been so interesting if they had!)
- Make it a musical! Keep the text, put songs in it. Or just set the text to music. Or, if there are songs in it already, replace them with modern ones- not a Shakespeare example, but I’ve seen a couple versions of Knight of the Burning Pestle that did this.
- Fuck genres. Play tragedies for laughs. Make comedies disturbing.
- What if the characters know they’re characters in a play? What if just one of them does? Shakespeare uses enough theatrical language that you can really have fun with this.
I will probably add more to this list, or make a second one of things I haven’t seen (or done!) but would really like to. If you’ve seen or done anything else fun and unusual, reblog and add it! I’d love to know about it!
“play tragedies for laughs” ROMEO AND JULIET WAS MEANT TO BE PLAYED FOR LAUGHS. PLEASE DO THIS
this is one of the most intense things ive ever watched
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I wash my troubles down
StandardThis is great for in the shower. Starting with your head (e.g., when washing your hair) and moving down to your feet, focus on each area, identifying the troubles, stresses and pains you hold there. Think about each one and then say the corresponding verse, washing them down with the water and soap until they can be washed away.
In my head I hold onto thoughts,
I worry, stress and fret.
I wash these troubles down.In my throat, I said those words,
They cannot be unsaid.
I wash these troubles down.In my heart, I cling to fears,
For family, friends, myself.
I wash these troubles down.In my back, my burdens weigh,
Heavier every day.
I wash these troubles down.In my stomach, my cravings rest,
Fueling habit and addiction.
I wash these troubles down.In my legs, I walked the world,
Carrying my troubles through,
I wash these troubles down.My feet took me down this path,
Leading me to pain.
Now my troubles return to them,
I wash my troubles away.My arms and hands, my troubles washed,
To them some can remain.
To start each day without the last,
I wash them all away.This can start the day, leaving everything from yesterday behind, along with anything you pick up in your sleep, or it can end the day to allow for a peaceful, restful sleep.
The boys// light yellow/pink palettes 35mm color series by MARS storyboards/mood boards / vivid narratives (Part 1)
when u find out ur on ur period it’s like Everything tht has happened recently suddenly makes sense like Oh.that’s why. that’s why everything is ugly and i am suffering