How do you make a King Lear? Put the queen in a bikini!
This incredibly crafted joke was not, in fact, written by William Shakespeare himself — it’s a quip that Krusty the Klown cracked in The Simpsons Season 11 episode, “Guess Who’s Coming to Criticize Dinner?” shortly before the tough crowd roundly booed The Bard.
While the brainiac, bookish, Harvard-educated nerds of The Simpsons’ writing staff have made numerous references to and jokes about the works of Shakespeare over the course of the show’s 35 seasons and counting, it’s fair to say that the citizens of Springfield aren’t the world’s biggest admirers of the most famous dramatist in history — nor are some Simpsons fans, apparently.
Right now, various Twitter fandoms are clashing over the definition of the phrase “locked in,” with stans of every singer, sports star, religious movement, actor, military power or TV show...
This incredibly crafted joke was not, in fact, written by William Shakespeare himself — it’s a quip that Krusty the Klown cracked in The Simpsons Season 11 episode, “Guess Who’s Coming to Criticize Dinner?” shortly before the tough crowd roundly booed The Bard.
While the brainiac, bookish, Harvard-educated nerds of The Simpsons’ writing staff have made numerous references to and jokes about the works of Shakespeare over the course of the show’s 35 seasons and counting, it’s fair to say that the citizens of Springfield aren’t the world’s biggest admirers of the most famous dramatist in history — nor are some Simpsons fans, apparently.
Right now, various Twitter fandoms are clashing over the definition of the phrase “locked in,” with stans of every singer, sports star, religious movement, actor, military power or TV show...
- 9/18/2024
- Cracked
A cromulent command of Simpsons phrases embiggens the smallest lexicon.
Modern linguistic scholars believe that as many as 1,700 English words marked their first recorded use in the works of William Shakespeare. By that count, no single human being has contributed more to the pages of the English dictionary than The Bard, but we should still give some special consideration to The Bald. Homer Simpson, his family and his neighbors have given a great deal to the vocabulary and vernacular of the common, modern English-speaker whether they know it or not, even though the average reading level in Springfield probably isn’t much higher than what’s required to read the back of a box of Krusty-o’s.
Over on Simpsons Twitter, fans recently discussed the surprising number of commonly used English phrases (as well as some Spanish ones) that are only now common because some writer on The Simpsons needed...
Modern linguistic scholars believe that as many as 1,700 English words marked their first recorded use in the works of William Shakespeare. By that count, no single human being has contributed more to the pages of the English dictionary than The Bard, but we should still give some special consideration to The Bald. Homer Simpson, his family and his neighbors have given a great deal to the vocabulary and vernacular of the common, modern English-speaker whether they know it or not, even though the average reading level in Springfield probably isn’t much higher than what’s required to read the back of a box of Krusty-o’s.
Over on Simpsons Twitter, fans recently discussed the surprising number of commonly used English phrases (as well as some Spanish ones) that are only now common because some writer on The Simpsons needed...
- 8/23/2024
- Cracked
With a career that’s ranged 33 years — over three quarters of his life — Jake Gyllenhaal has covered nearly every type of character, genre, and form, but in a recent interview in The Hollywood Reporter, he said he’s now focused on taking on roles that “freak me out a bit.” Whether that means getting cut and learning to give and take a beating for Doug Liman’s “Road House” remake or wading through the moral and ethical murk of murder and infidelity in the upcoming Apple TV+ mini-series “Presumed Innocent,” Gyllenhaal is game for a challenge.
“The feeling I want to have is, can I do it?” said Gyllenhaal. “That it’s going to ask of me things that I don’t know about myself yet.”
Gyllenhaal attributes this desire push himself further to his sister Maggie. He’ll be taking part in her latest directorial effort, “The Bride!,” a...
“The feeling I want to have is, can I do it?” said Gyllenhaal. “That it’s going to ask of me things that I don’t know about myself yet.”
Gyllenhaal attributes this desire push himself further to his sister Maggie. He’ll be taking part in her latest directorial effort, “The Bride!,” a...
- 6/9/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
There's a piece of advice that every writer gets at some point in their career, and it goes like this: "Write what you know."
It's not bad advice if you don't take it too literally. "Write what you know" doesn't mean that you should only write about your own autobiographical experiences, it means that when you do write from experience you'll probably be able to write more truthfully, more meaningfully, and in more detail than if you had to make it all up from scratch. Even if you write about strange new planets filled with creatures totally unlike anything found on Earth, you're probably better off finding an angle that speaks somehow to your personal interests, your beliefs, or your memories.
The irony of course is that as writers keep on writing, eventually "what they know" the most about is being a writer. You may have noticed that a whole...
It's not bad advice if you don't take it too literally. "Write what you know" doesn't mean that you should only write about your own autobiographical experiences, it means that when you do write from experience you'll probably be able to write more truthfully, more meaningfully, and in more detail than if you had to make it all up from scratch. Even if you write about strange new planets filled with creatures totally unlike anything found on Earth, you're probably better off finding an angle that speaks somehow to your personal interests, your beliefs, or your memories.
The irony of course is that as writers keep on writing, eventually "what they know" the most about is being a writer. You may have noticed that a whole...
- 11/5/2023
- by William Bibbiani
- Slash Film
After multiple Oscars, Silver Bears, Golden Globes, Grammys and a Tony, Denzel Washington has earned the right to be called one of the greatest actors of our time. He could drop the surname and still be instantly recognisable – two syllables that guarantee acting excellence.
Key to his success is his ability to mesmerise an audience into seeing past his instantly recognisable face and observing only the character. It’s arguably the central tenet to any actor’s success, yet it is with unusual success and consistency that Denzel Washington has been able to shift from character to character seemingly with ease. This is an actor who rarely repeats himself.
The need for variety and the consistency of execution makes his sole franchise role all the more intriguing. Today sees the digital premiere for the third entry in The Equalizer series, with his Training Day director Antoine Fuqua ending the trilogy...
Key to his success is his ability to mesmerise an audience into seeing past his instantly recognisable face and observing only the character. It’s arguably the central tenet to any actor’s success, yet it is with unusual success and consistency that Denzel Washington has been able to shift from character to character seemingly with ease. This is an actor who rarely repeats himself.
The need for variety and the consistency of execution makes his sole franchise role all the more intriguing. Today sees the digital premiere for the third entry in The Equalizer series, with his Training Day director Antoine Fuqua ending the trilogy...
- 10/14/2023
- by Michael Walsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Try Guys will perform ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ and they’ll let their fans rewrite Shakespeare’s story
The Try Guys have tried everything from spicy noodles to corsets to labor pain. On August 10, the trio will attempt something a little bit different by performing William Shakespeare‘s Romeo and Juliet — with a twist. Instead of sticking to the script, The Try Guys will let their fans reinterpret The Bard’s iconic tragedy.
The one-night performance of Romeo and Juliet will feature Zach Kornfeld as the titular Montague prince, with Keith Habersberger playing his Capulet counterpart. Eugene Lee Yang will show off his versality by portraying many of the play’s other characters, including Mercutio, Paris, Friar Lawrence, and Juliet’s nurse.
Based on those casting choices, we’d expect all three Try Guys to end up dead at the end of the night. (Spoiler alert!) But that may not be how the show plays out. As fans watch the performance through interactive streaming platform Kiswe, they’ll...
The one-night performance of Romeo and Juliet will feature Zach Kornfeld as the titular Montague prince, with Keith Habersberger playing his Capulet counterpart. Eugene Lee Yang will show off his versality by portraying many of the play’s other characters, including Mercutio, Paris, Friar Lawrence, and Juliet’s nurse.
Based on those casting choices, we’d expect all three Try Guys to end up dead at the end of the night. (Spoiler alert!) But that may not be how the show plays out. As fans watch the performance through interactive streaming platform Kiswe, they’ll...
- 6/8/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
"Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" could have easily gone wrong. It could have been an attempt to replicate the grittiness of "Game of Thrones" or just a copy of Middle-earth. The writers could have shamefully hidden what makes the game weird and fun. Thankfully, none of that happened. Instead, this is a hilarious adventure comedy film, one that is deeply weird, from its creature designs to its humor -- which is not self-referential or campy, but genuine and heartfelt -- and right down to its portrayal of magic having several components and not being super reliable. This is the closest we've got to actually capturing what it is like to play D&d since "The Legend of Vox Machina," which was actually adapted from a real D&d campaign.
All the characters in the film are like archetypes you find in the game, but with enough nuance and depth to feel like real people.
All the characters in the film are like archetypes you find in the game, but with enough nuance and depth to feel like real people.
- 3/28/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
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