History Fridge / Hamlet2

* At first glance, the play that Dana Marschz writes -- which essentially takes ''{{Hamlet}}'', puts it through a pop culture blender, gives the story a happier ending, and casts Dana himself as Jesus -- looks no better than an excuse for RefugeInAudacity humor by showing a talentless hack mangling one of the greatest works of English literature (and offending Christians nationwide in the process). One of the more subtle threads throughout the movie, however, follows the torment Dana suffers due to a poor relationship with his estranged and unseen father. The major dramatic throughline of ''Hamlet'' (as any actor would know) involves father-son relationships and their potentially destructive consequences. As mentioned, Dana casts himself as Jesus Christ; regardless of your stance on Christianity, few figures in either history or mythology face the level of paternal definition over their lives as The Son of God. The play gave Dana one last chance to save his career; why wouldn't he go all the way by telling a tale more personal than anyone would ever realize (and resolve his own psychological issues to boot)?

* At first glance, the play that Dana Marschz writes -- which essentially takes ''{{Hamlet}}'', puts it through a pop culture blender, gives the story a happier ending, and casts Dana himself as Jesus -- looks no better than an excuse for RefugeInAudacity humor by showing a talentless hack mangling one of the greatest works of English literature (and offending Christians nationwide in the process). One of the more subtle threads throughout the movie, however, follows the torment Dana suffers due to a poor relationship with his estranged and unseen father. The major dramatic throughline of ''{{Hamlet}}'' (as any actor would know) involves father-son relationships and their potentially destructive consequences. As mentioned, Dana casts himself Jesus Christ; regardless of your stance on Christianity, few figures in either history or mythology face the level of paternal definition over their lives as the ''Son of God''. The play gave Dana one last chance to save his career; why wouldn't he go all the way by telling a tale more personal than anyone would realize (and resolve his own psychological issues to boot)?

* ''{{Hamlet 2}}'': On first glance, the play that Dana Marschz writes -- which essentially takes ''{{Hamlet}}'' and puts it through a blender to give it a happier ending, involving Dana casting himself as Jesus in the process -- is just an excuse for some RefugeInAudacity humour by showing a man rather lacking in talent mangling one of the greatest works of English literature and causing offence by Mary-Sueing Christianity in the process. But one of the more subtle threads throughout the movie is that Dana is tormented by his poor relationship with his estranged and unseen father. ''{{Hamlet}}'', as any actor (even one as bad as Dana) would know, is integrally about father-son relationships and the destructive consequences they can have. And regardless of whether you subscribe to the Christian faith or not, is there any figure in history or mythology who has been defined by who his father supposedly is as much as Jesus Christ, the ''Son of God''? It's presumptuous, certainly, but why not resolve your own father issues by using two of the most famous individuals to ever be defined by theirs to help you work through them?

* ''{{Hamlet 2}}'': On first glance, the play that Dana Marschz writes -- which essentially takes ''{{Hamlet}}'' and puts it through a blender to give it a happier ending, involving Dana casting himself as Jesus in the process -- is just an excuse for some RefugeInAudacity humour by showing a man rather lacking in talent mangling one of the greatest works of English literature and causing offence by Mary-Sueing Christianity in the process. But one of the more subtle threads throughout the movie is that Dana is tormented by his poor relationship with his estranged and unseen father. ''{{Hamlet}}'', as any actor (even one as bad as Dana) would know, is integrally about father-son relationships and the destructive consequences they can have. And regardless of whether you subscribe to the Christian faith or not, is there any figure in history or mythology who has been defined by who his father supposedly is as much as Jesus Christ, the ''Son of God''? Why not resolve your own father issues by using two of the most famous individuals to ever be defined by theirs to help you work through them?