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so for the past week we've been studying Act II scene I of Midsummer Night's Dream, specifically the argument/showdown between Titania and Oberon. I guess I just read it a little differently, but it doesn't seem like they're Angry-God-Weather-Commanders in that scene, more like Mother and Father Nature and earth is their child, sort of, and when they're angry ain't nobody happy.
Anyway.
So today we discuss it a little more and then he puts in a video so we can watch the scene. Because it's period (they moved it up to Victorian times, but the fairies still wear romanesque garb and ALL the lines are the same--which is dumb because Demetrius is wearing A SUIT and not ATHENIAN CLOTHES), it's a little hard to tell when it was made--late eighties, early nineties--but it has that Hook-like Cheez Factor of Too Much Going On, Too Silly. And this is just Oberon and Titania, lords of the fairies.
So Oberon has his ridiculous nymphs running around and Puck looks like an idiot--or rather, acts like one, you know, someone too smart trying to play someone dumb when they really shouldn't be (like Dustin Hoffman paying Hook, exactly). And then Titania shows up in this ridiculous caravan of fairies dressed up like... god knows what... and Oberon gets so pissed there's an earthquake. And an avalanche. And lightning. And a fire. And mud boiling. And he has this massive stone throne, and Titania has her caravan, and we are two minutes into this thing and I am trying so hard not to laugh right now.
Then Titania opens the curtain and IT'S THE FUCKING CRAZY LADY FROM HAIRSPRAY.
I almost lost it right there. So I'm trying really, really, hard not to laugh at how ridiculous this all is, with Oberon being waytooserious and Titania being waytoopissedandditzy and oooohhhh gooooood it's soooo over the top.
And then Demetrius rides in on his bicycle, and I KNOW EXACTLY WHO IT IS, even though you can't see his face. I turned to Melissa to give her a NO FUCKING WAY look, and I was right.
IT'S FUCKING CHRISTIAN BALE.
At that point I pretty much died, and I had to bite down not to laugh, and I was turning red from trying not to laugh. OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD FUCKING LOL. He's not even bad (like Newsies, anyone?) but HOLY SHIT IT'S JUST WAY TOO MUCH SHENANIGANS TO HANDLE.
Of course as soon as class is done, Melissa was like "Do you want me to fucking trash your lights?" and I pretty much lost it.
WE ARE SO RENTING THIS.
Anyway.
So today we discuss it a little more and then he puts in a video so we can watch the scene. Because it's period (they moved it up to Victorian times, but the fairies still wear romanesque garb and ALL the lines are the same--which is dumb because Demetrius is wearing A SUIT and not ATHENIAN CLOTHES), it's a little hard to tell when it was made--late eighties, early nineties--but it has that Hook-like Cheez Factor of Too Much Going On, Too Silly. And this is just Oberon and Titania, lords of the fairies.
So Oberon has his ridiculous nymphs running around and Puck looks like an idiot--or rather, acts like one, you know, someone too smart trying to play someone dumb when they really shouldn't be (like Dustin Hoffman paying Hook, exactly). And then Titania shows up in this ridiculous caravan of fairies dressed up like... god knows what... and Oberon gets so pissed there's an earthquake. And an avalanche. And lightning. And a fire. And mud boiling. And he has this massive stone throne, and Titania has her caravan, and we are two minutes into this thing and I am trying so hard not to laugh right now.
Then Titania opens the curtain and IT'S THE FUCKING CRAZY LADY FROM HAIRSPRAY.
I almost lost it right there. So I'm trying really, really, hard not to laugh at how ridiculous this all is, with Oberon being waytooserious and Titania being waytoopissedandditzy and oooohhhh gooooood it's soooo over the top.
And then Demetrius rides in on his bicycle, and I KNOW EXACTLY WHO IT IS, even though you can't see his face. I turned to Melissa to give her a NO FUCKING WAY look, and I was right.
IT'S FUCKING CHRISTIAN BALE.
At that point I pretty much died, and I had to bite down not to laugh, and I was turning red from trying not to laugh. OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD FUCKING LOL. He's not even bad (like Newsies, anyone?) but HOLY SHIT IT'S JUST WAY TOO MUCH SHENANIGANS TO HANDLE.
Of course as soon as class is done, Melissa was like "Do you want me to fucking trash your lights?" and I pretty much lost it.
WE ARE SO RENTING THIS.
