the world is ending, and we're pretending

Have you heard the word?

WHAT’s the word?

He’s a comin’

WHO’s a comin’?

Paul’s a comin’!

PAUL’s a comin’?! 

What would I do if I had not loved you?

@projectbway event 04: free week - jack and katherine

However, in some productions, that scene is played more sombrely. And I think that way of reading the text makes clear that the declaration wasn't some ridiculous lack of self-control on Benedick's part, but actually a very natural progression of their conversation. Which is all about Beatrice's inability as a woman to intervene for her cousin, and the fact that, as a single woman, she has no man to stand up on her behalf.

I mean...if the woman you loved was weeping and in great distress, and you kept offering to help, but she said that intervening on her behalf was "a man's office, but not yours" (subtext: because we are not a couple, and only couples act that way in our society)

my gay ass:

yknow what yeah I think that's just about how anyone would react in this situation. fair enough.

alright this isn't how just Anyone would behave in this situation but I'm humble enough to admit that there have been times in my life when I was doing badly enough that I'd probably also fumble it like this