I believe that one of the most important things in life is to laugh and have fun with everything you do.
This short video made by BBsman22 and posted in Youtube, I think it is one of the most short and hilarious adaptations I saw about Shakespeare’s play, Othello. It is true that is not a movie therefore is missing a lot of facts that Shakespeare wanted to show us but the whole point of this video it is to emphasize the key points of the story and convert a tragedy into a comedy.
- ” The dude/fellow Othello” (Video) “The Moor, Othello” (1.1.42)
- “She and Othello were really busy tupping”(Video) “You have your daughter covered with a Barbary Horse” (1.1.125)
- “Dezzy’s dad”(Video) ” Brabantio”
- “Iago thought that Othello was as dum as a turk”(Video) “Turbanned Turk” (5.2.414) The racism shown for his skin color.
- “Iago convinced othello that Dezzy was cheating”(Video) “Wear your eyes thus, not jealous nor secure” (3.3.229)
- “So Othello made a plan to kill them both “(Video) “Within three days let me hear thee say that Cassio’s not alive.Damn her”(3.4.537/5543)
- “Iago agreed with an honest oath” (Video) “I am your own forever” (3.4.545)
- “Othello called Dezzy a slut” (Video) ” Devil) (4.1.268)
- “Othello told Emilia that was Iagos plan” (Video) “Thy husband knew it all” (5.2. 170)
- “Othello stab him in the ribs with a crack” (Video) “He stabs himself” “Killing myself to die upon a kiss” (5.2.421)
I believe he does a great job in creating a comic tragedy. This play is full of deaths, jealousy, manipulation, evilness.. etc; therefore why we do not give it a bit of light and laugh. One of the most effective ways that he uses to create this comedy are the simple and elementary school drawings, it gives us a sense of surrealistic story where none tragedy or death can be found. Another key point to create a comedy from it is the rap that accompanied this video, he creates a whole narrative that rhythm and with a comic and slang language far from the seriousness and depressing tragedy.
Jealousy, Insecurity and Evil Manipulation
This is the cover page that shows the driven topic of the story, the jealousy and the insecurity of Othello. Also we can notice the pretty Desdemona secure about herself and the evil Iago on the right bottom corner celebrating his victory after achieving what he wanted, get rid of Cassio and drive Othello to the point of madness to get rid of him as well.
However there is a big difference from reading a play and watching a play; both of them use the sense of the sight but just the movie use the sense of hearing. This is why so important for Oliver Parker to change some of the dialogues plus add some pauses to give a different environment and feeling to the play. Sometimes a fact speak louder than words, meaning that watching the movie sometimes we do not need the dialogues just by looking what the characters are doing or what they are not we can tell their feelings or what they want to transmit us.
hole quotation in the book and comparing it with the movies dialogue ‘‘Barbantio: O, thou foul thief, where hast thou stowed my daughter?, Damned as thou art, thou hast enchanted her! Lay upon on him.’’ (09:30) we can notice that the movie use silences to emphasize the power and the anger of the Senator, Desdemona’s father. As well we notice that the book use so many adjectives or verbs that bring up the concept of power. Those are to fear, to resist, to stole, abuser of the world, thief, peril…etc It is obvious that all those words by Barbantio have something in common, and he was trying to show his superiority and anger to Othello and how he does not deserve his daughter. On the other hand the movie just keeps a quiet and intense background with powerful but brief words. Those words or silences are helped by the visual images where the characters use an intense look to show their power.