Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Shakespeare's Punk Rock

Shakespeare's Punk Rock. Dir. Von Ryan. Perf. Natasha Leggero, Misty Alli, Tiana Belle, and Janet Chiarabaglio.
While we're on the subject of things that I thought would have a lot more Shakespeare in them, I'll tell you about a DVD called Shakespeare's Punk Rock.

The DVD presents a night at a comedy club. There's a little stand-up, a few songs, some thoughts about acting, a bit of craziness, and very little Shakespeare.

To be fair, it might have been fun to attend this show live—but watching it on a DVD was fairly tedious.

Here's a clip for you—it's a bit of the opening (which talks about how comedy is a bit like Shakespeare) and a bit of the stand-up.

Links: The Film at IMDB.

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Bardfilm is normally written as one word, though it can also be found under a search for "Bard Film Blog." Bardfilm is a Shakespeare blog (admittedly, one of many Shakespeare blogs), and it is dedicated to commentary on films (Shakespeare movies, The Shakespeare Movie, Shakespeare on television, Shakespeare at the cinema), plays, and other matter related to Shakespeare (allusions to Shakespeare in pop culture, quotes from Shakespeare in popular culture, quotations that come from Shakespeare, et cetera).

Unless otherwise indicated, quotations from Shakespeare's works are from the following edition:
Shakespeare, William. The Riverside Shakespeare. 2nd ed. Gen. ed. G. Blakemore Evans. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
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