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To be or not to be skull12/18/2023 SOT Sesame Street - Patrick Stewart: 00 01 B or not a B, that is the question. or Gilligan’s Island.or a muppet Hospital.or an alien space station It’s a speech about suicide, not a topic you typically hear about on Sesame Street. VO: Of course, there’s the most famous Shakespearean line of all. VO: Even if you don’t think you know Shakespeare, you know that balcony. SOT oh Romeo, Traditional “oh Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo? Romeo & Juliet Balcony Scene: Romeo and Juliet alone has been staged for the screen over 50 times. VO: There are more than 400 movies based on Shakespeare’s plays, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, more than any other author in history. VO:That line - and that skull - have been cropping up ever since.ĪLT:That line - and that skull - have been resurrected in pop culture time and time again. VO: Chewbacca isn’t just grieving the severed head of his buddy, but it’s actually a nod to Hamlet. Video Clip of GRAVEDIGGER from Empire STrikes back/Chewy holding C3p0 skull. VO: Shakespeare, it turns out, isn’t just a literary titan, he’s a literary termite, burrowing into all sorts of places you wouldn’t expect. Sot: “I Was Originally Designed For Assassination Missions.” Assassination (Macbeth, Act I, Scene vii.) Eyeball (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene ii.)ĥ. SOT: “Now She’s As Dead As A Doornail.” drop dead gorgeous 00 03 (low res)Ĥ. dead as a doornail(Henry VI, Part 2 (Act 4. SOT: “Yeah, That’s A Wild Goose Chase Over Here At Nakatomi Plaza.” 1 15 ģ. Wild Goose chase - (Romeo and Juliet Act 2, Scene 4) Knock knock who’s there? (Macbeth Act 2, scene 3)Ģ. Every single day, whether we know it or not, we use words and phrases that Shakespeare added to the dictionary.ġ. VO: It’s been four hundred years since Shakespeare’s death, and all the world is still his stage, and we men and women are merely unwitting fans. Trading Places: This is not Shakespeare, Louis. Klingson and Shakespeare You have not experienced shakespeare until you have experienced it in the original klingon Transcript There Is No Escaping Shakespeare Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but his influence on language and culture remains.
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