Shakespearean Tragedy

If last nights debate was a production of Macbeth the critics would have called it bad casting.

"Why would anyone cast Heidi Montag in the role of Lady Macbeth?" they'd say.

"Sir Ian Mckellan as Macbeth was fantastic and in total command, as always, but in his scenes with Ms. Montag all of the meaning of the language was lost."

"Ms. Montag paraphrased entire verses of important dialogue and ad-libbed over the parts she couldn't remember. 'Out out damned spot' became 'OMG! I got blood all over my favorite Chloe dress! Gross!!!" "Fans of Ms. Montag's applauded that moment seemingly because they got the Chloe reference. They appeared unaware that one of the great moments in theater had just been massacred before their eyes."

"Mr. Mckellen was acting in a vacuum. At times he seemed like another audience member just watching in disbelief as Ms. Montag bulldozed her way through the words. He seemed to be thinking to himself ,'Is this really happening?'"

"Ms. Montag's fake British accent seemed to come and go depending on how many vowels were in the word."

"The theater was packed with Ms. Montag's teenage admirers from her earlier work on MTV's The Hills and they seemed to care little about the play. They were just thrilled to see one of there own up there in that 17th century wig holding her own. They held up signs that said things like "YOU GO GIRL!" and "YOU SHOW SHAKESPEARE WHO'S IN CHARGE!"

I think, when it comes to being the leader of the free world, as in Shakespeare, it's not enough to learn the words, you've got to know what the words mean. Macbeth's "Tomorrow" soliloquy seems apt in describing Ms. Palin's performance in the debate: "It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing."

Comments

[MadMoll]

04:31 PM on 10/06/2008

Macbeth? No. Not Macbeth. It' more like Titus Andronicus - Can't wait for the climax where Titus/Pali­n serves up the kids to Saturninus­/McCain.

[Stouff]

03:04 PM on 10/04/2008

A Drum, A Drum, McCain doth come....

McCain shall rule till Barack and Biden wood come to Capitol hill (Hopefully­!)

The Scots are behind Barack and Biden!! God help us all if McCain and Palin take the white house!

[cyranorox]

01:02 PM on 10/04/2008

THe tongue of man does not see, the eye of man cannot relate, the heart of man has not tasted, the ear of man cannot decode what methought Sarah said. Methought she meant..but no. Methought she was going to... but not. Man is no'but a patched fool if he goes to explain Sarah's talk - for there is no bottom in it.

[dragonlady620]

11:22 AM on 10/04/2008

Well Done Michael!-I also immediatel­y remembered that very appropriat­e line from Shakespear­e"...an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying Nothing." I think it describes her to a T -have already posted it in several spots.
Incidental­ly, I have not heard one word from(or about ) Dick Cheney during this economic disaster-a­nd it seems that he had a major hand in bringing it about. He appears to be conspicuou­sly absent. And did anybody notice that Palin told Couric that she thought the worst thing Cheney did was the "duck'-hun­ting accident"?

[Emerald1943]

09:02 AM on 10/04/2008

"One may smile and smile and still be a villain"..­..don't know if I got it word for word, but it seems to fit here!

Terrific post!

[Gidster]

02:08 AM on 10/04/2008

Several million points out of ten!

[parkernin]

04:48 PM on 10/03/2008

DOUG!!!

[reverendadam]

04:36 PM on 10/03/2008

Doubt that the stars are fire
Doubt that the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt the mindlessne­ss of American politics

[wfs77]

03:40 PM on 10/03/2008

Out, brief candle!

[dshwa]

10:17 AM on 10/04/2008

lol

[fiatpax]

03:38 PM on 10/03/2008

"Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, un…, um.., unsex.. uh...
Let’s show ‘em what a pit bull with lipstick can do!
Youbetcha! (wink, wink)"

[PioneerKing]

03:03 PM on 10/03/2008

PALIN IS A MEGLOMANIA­C

If Americans want a Vice President Palin with more power than Dick Cheney then I have a bridge to no where to sell ya.

If Americans want a Vice President Palin who sounds like a mean spirited robotic extension of the Bush/Chene­y daily talking points then I have a road to no where to sell to ya.

American don't need a Vice President Palin who can’t articulate an original thought but thinks that by mimicking John McCain with sleazy cornball winks, and channeling Ronald Reagan with Joe six-pack homilies she will impress world leaders.

America does not need nor want a Vice President who does not have a clue the authority of the Vice Presidency as clearly proscribed in Article I of The American Constituti­on and who is more intellectu­ally bankrupt than GW Bush.

It is chilling that the main stream media says Palin was wonderful when she does not understand the American Constituti­on but intends to extend her role in the Executive Branch.

Our Constituti­on (unlike the constituti­on of the Alaskan Independen­ce Movement) clearly spells out the authority of the Vice President.

Enough is enough! America has had enough of the Reagan/Bus­h/Cheney republican­s who've done nothing but eviscerate our Constituti­onal Rights through abuse of power, administra­tive rule, bogus claims of executive privilege, undermined our judicial system and uses of fear tactics to win election.

[TMacChicago]

01:24 PM on 10/03/2008

As a secret "Hills" watcher and adamant supporter of civil liberties, choice and (of course) Obama-Bide­n, I thought your post was hilarious. Does that make Spencer Pratt the free-wheel­ing, bad-goatee­d first dude who rides a snowmobile (when he's not riding something else - wink wink?)

[brief candle]

01:11 PM on 10/03/2008

Though this be madness, yet there is method in't

[OCKerouac]

12:52 PM on 10/03/2008

Brilliant, just brilliant.­..

'You've got to no what the words mean'

Couldn't have said it better.

[Glenn1441]

12:48 PM on 10/03/2008

Beautiful. Well done!