Monday, April 26, 2010

Hamlet and beer

I didn't think about this until right after the second group presented today, but has anyone watched Strange Brew? The movie is about Bob and Doug McKenzie, two beer-guzzling, tuque-wearing Canadian hosers who travel to the Elsinore brewery in hopes of free beer. Of course the owner of the brewery has been killed by his brother who is in the process of usurping the company from the original owner's daughter. That's right, Hamlet is a woman in this adaptation. I could draw more parallels, but I haven't seen the movie in a few years, and it isn't too important; I just wanted to point out yet another reference to be found in this group's presentation that we hadn't said yet. Their presentation and Strange Brew, both highly amusing adaptations, are inspired by Hamlet and beer.

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