I heard this on All Things Considered a couple of weeks ago and thought it was hysterical. You can go to NPR and hear it if you'd like.
Hamlet (Facebook News Feed Edition)
By Sarah Schmelling
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Horatio thinks he saw a ghost.
Hamlet thinks it's annoying when your uncle marries your mother right after your dad dies.
The king thinks Hamlet's annoying.
Laertes thinks Ophelia can do better.
Hamlet's father is now a zombie.
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The king poked the queen.
The queen poked the king back.
Hamlet and the queen are no longer friends.
Marcellus is pretty sure something's rotten around here.
Hamlet became a fan of daggers.
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Polonius says Hamlet's crazy ... crazy in love!
Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Hamlet are now friends.
Hamlet wonders if he should continue to exist. Or not.
Hamlet thinks Ophelia might be happier in a convent.
Ophelia removed "moody princes" from her interests.
Hamlet posted an event: A Play That's Totally Fictional and In No Way About My Family
The king commented on Hamlet's play: "What is wrong with you?"
Polonius thinks this curtain looks like a good thing to hide behind.
Polonius is no longer online.
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Hamlet added England to the Places I've Been application.
The queen is worried about Ophelia.
Ophelia loves flowers. Flowers flowers flowers flowers flowers. Oh, look, a river.
Ophelia joined the group Maidens Who Don't Float.
Laertes wonders what the hell happened while he was gone.
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The king sent Hamlet a goblet of wine.
The queen likes wine!
The king likes ... oh crap.
The queen, the king, Laertes, and Hamlet are now zombies.
Horatio says well that was tragic.
Fortinbras, Prince of Norway, says yes, tragic. We'll take it from here.
Denmark is now Norwegian.
5 comments:
This is so great! I love it!
"Hamlet became a fan of Daggers."
"Ophelia removed 'moody princes' from her interests."
"Polonius is no longer online"
This is awesome and had me laughing out loud. I loved it, too.
This is really amusing! Its amazing how Facebook has taken such a hold on our everyday lives that this makes perfect sense to anyone. Facebook references are always successfully entertaining! =)
I don't use Facebook anymore and don't really remember anything about the zombies, but it was fun reading Hamlet summarized this way. I think my favorite line was probably "Polonius is no longer online"—such a nice euphemism. ;)
awesome! Hamlet: not to be!
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