libraryoftheancients:cumaeansibyl:dagny-hashtaggart:veliseraptor:of course, the irony about
libraryoftheancients: cumaeansibyl: dagny-hashtaggart: veliseraptor: of course, the irony about this cartoon - which I assume is meant to demonstrate shallow selfie culture desecrating the great classics - is that among other things a) hamlet is a disaffected young man suffering from depression and, frankly, deeply self-absorbed and b) the entire play is obsessed with the idea of performance and performativity and so absolutely hamlet taking selfies would be in the spirit of the original because a selfie is a new way of constructing the self through images so what I’m saying is: fuck off culture snobs I’m coming for you Yeah, my first thought was definitely “huh. That would make for a pretty good adaptation.” absolutely. I can’t think of anything more in character for Hamlet than filling his snapchat with selfies taken in super-moody lighting with weird angsty captions about the peace of the grave, and no one can decide whether he’s losing his grip or if he’s a master of subtweeting An adaptation of Hamlet told entirely through Hamlet’s SnapChats. -- source link
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