#bardtastic

i don't know how to embed the video here and i haven't been able to find another upload of it, but danielle brooks is currently playing beatrice in much ado and she is k i l l i n g it. there's a video posted by the theater over on facebook.

you know, i think last time i went to the beach, i think i read the upside of unrequited and as i descended. this time i've got leah on the offbeat and the only thing worse than me is you. now i just need becky albertalli to write a ya shakespeare retelling set in a contemporary private school, and i'll have the perfect caitlin beach read

alsoalso: the diversity quotient here is pretty interesting. it takes place at a private school on the grounds of a (possibly haunted) former plantation in virginia. so most of the students are the wealthy white descendants of former slaveowners. but most of the main characters are gay, two are latino, and one is physically disabled. it makes the story feel more updated and modern, but maria’s cultural heritage also influences the way in which the supernatural elements of the story are presented. which is just so interesting.

one of my favorite things about aus and retellings and whatnot is trying to figure out who represents who/what. like, lily is lady and maria is mac, and brandon is clearly banquo, while delilah is obviously duncan, but who is mateo meant to be? he might be malcolm but he could also be macduff. or he could be someone else entirely who i’ve overlooked. at this point, i'm leaning towards his being macduff, but i could certainly be way off base there. and like, this is definitely going to get pretty dark and twisty. it’s macbeth ffs. but i don’t know yet *how* dark this is going to go. it will definitely be interesting to see how certain parallels play out. will this end with expulsions? or arrests? or will there be actual deaths involved?

Just heard someone on the news refer to the public's opinion of Congress with "A pox on both your houses."

A Midsummer Night's Dreamgirls

Is it weird that my first thought upon realizing that it's the Ides of March was that I hope to see plenty of posts about how "We should totally just stab Caesar!"?