October 2020

Hamlet roasting people- part 2

Are we all going to ignore the fact that Laertes cannonly has a fan club

the worst take you’ll ever hear from me: Lydia from Beetlejuice is like a modern day version of Hamlet, except not

Ok let’s go through their similarities-

-dead parent

-living parent remarries too quickly

-can see and talk to ghosts

-conversation with ghost/spirit thing leads to very bad decisions being made 

to make up for that last bad take I posted, here’s a slightly better take: Hamlet and Edmund have the same to do list-

Step 1- want revenge

Step 2- start working on your revenge 

Step 3- forge a letter from your relative than might lead to some people getting killed

Step 4- hell yeah! You got your revenge!

Step 5- get killed

As we all know, The Lion King is roughly based off of Hamlet. Let’s match the song titles to random scenes.

Circle of Life- That part at the beginning where Claudius tells Hamlet to chill out because that vast majority of all fathers are dead

I Just Can’t Wait to be King- Claudius pre-play, and Fortinbras post-play

Be Prepared- what Claudius tells Laertes when plotting Hamlet’s death

Hakuna Matata- Everyone telling Hamlet to chill out in Act 1 Scene 2 

Can You Feel the Love Tonight- Polonius trying to convince Claudius and Gertrude that Hamlet’s not mad, he’s just in love with Ophelia 

Hamlet Among Us AU- continuation

(Can I just say. This was saved in drafts for WEEKS and I completely forgot that I never posted it)

The question is.. what color is everyone playing as?

AND HERE IS THE ANSWER-

Black- Hamlet- no explanation needed

White- Hamlet Sr.- ghosts are normally depicted as white so..

Dark Blue- Claudius- See @horationalize’s addition to the AU

Cyan- Polonius- Also see @horationalize’s addition 

Lime- Ophelia- everyone associates her with the plant scene, nature is green

Red- Laertes- he spends most of the play being angry

Brown- Horatio- brown seems like a sensible color, Horatio seems like a sensible guy

Dark green- Rosencrantz- See orange’s reason

Orange- Guildenstern- I feel like this color combo suits them

Pink- Gertrude- seems like her type 

Purple- Fortinbras- it’s a regal color

Yellow- Osric- because there’s no one else left