Sunday 9 October 2011

Much Ado About Nothing: By William Shakespeare, Review by Uli Vuma

This is Shakespeare's Midnight's Dream without Tinker Bell.

It's body-on-the-floor funny and "scandal" is not even a word in this thing. The names are larney and outdated, yet the characters can be seen in your everyday teenager.

Here's the jist of the story in Glee format:
Finn=Benedick
Rachel=Beatrice
Puck=Claudio
Quinn=Hero
Santana=Don John

Warning: this can only be understood from the views of a Finchel fan. The only explanation  for Finchel fans is the cast of characters above. Right?
For the rest of you,
Benedick and Beatrice are meant to be together. The only problem they have is their lack of communication skills. Classic Finn and Rachel, until Season 2 of course. On the flip side, Claudio and Hero are madly in love with each other and they don't mind the occasional PDA. Classic Puck and Quinn. The large standing problem between the couples and their engagement is the evil and Hero-(Claudio and Benedick in Santana's case)Loving Don John. Killer name. A chronic idiot though. Santana at her best.

In the end of all this Glee drama, when Don John is on to the next one, the happy couples marry and they sing and dance their way out until the curtain is prompted to close. Singing and Dancing. See why I used Glee as an example?

Brilliant Funny. I'm pretty sure Ryan Murphy wrote this.

1 comment:

  1. nice Glee analogy there. I am sure that angle will make the story so much more accessible to many others.

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