A "Duh!" Moment, Starring tchall

[the_gneech]

the_gneech: There's a nice bit in "Lion King 1 1/2" along those lines. :3 [referring to lions batting at yarn sort of activity]
tchall: Oh yeah? Hee, hee. I'm going to have to get a copy of that.
the_gneech: It's worth watching. :3 It's not great -- but it has some good parts. :3
the_gneech: Better than "Simba's Pride," anyhow!
tchall: *nodnods* Yeah, I haven't heard anyone who liked that one.
the_gneech: Are you familiar w/ "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead?"
tchall: A little bit.
the_gneech: Well, "LK 1 1/2" is basically like that, except with Timon and Pumbaa.
tchall: Ah, ok. Makes sense since Lion King is more or less "Hamlet."
the_gneech: *thought balloon* "DUH! Why didn't I think of that???"

Way to out-literary-reference the English major, tchall! Nice job. :)

-The Gneech

Comments

*fallstheheckover!*

[susandeer.livejournal.com]

Wow...that IS a Duh moment! Wow. Kudos, T'Chall!

Re: *fallstheheckover!*

[tchall.livejournal.com]

(blushes) I wish I could take credit for noticing it, too, but the fact is it's something I read sometime back. So include me in that moment, too. :)

Woah.

[welah.livejournal.com]

My good gosh... he's right! I never saw that before, either!
Although, I do have the excuse that the last time I saw The Lion King was in middle school, before I became obsessed with Hamlet.

Still, though, I wish I realized that earlier.

-Welah.

[trpeal.livejournal.com]

Huh. I hadn't ever thought of The Lion King as being Hamlet.

Of course, Strange Brew is Hamlet, as well, so maybe I shouldn't be terribly shocked.

[rhanlav.livejournal.com]

Only in Hamlet, everyone dies. But yeah, I can sort of see it.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Hamlet II: Horatio Strikes Back!

-The Gneech

[rhanlav.livejournal.com]

Ok, so if Lion King is based on Hamlet, that means if that Title was real... Its counter part would be...

Lion King II: Hamtaro Strikes Back!

--Rhan, who thinks the hamsters get eaten in the first act by the Hyenas. ;) Short film, we all leave happy.

[wbwolf.livejournal.com]

I just want to speak up that I thought that Lion King 2 was okkay.

Extreme Shakespeare geekery ahead

[chef-troy.livejournal.com]

It's partly Hamlet, but there's an overtone of King Henry IV too... the young prince abandoning his kingly duty to slide around with a couple of disreputable companions (Poins and Falstaff being the equivalent of Timon and Pumbaa, only sleazier), only to eventually step up and assume his responsibilities.

[sporklord.livejournal.com]

Haha. At one point, I actually wrote a short paper for an English class on the paralells between the Lion King and Hamlet, but I never even thought of Lion King 1.5 vs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Probably because I haven't seen/read the latter two, but still.

[ceruleanst.livejournal.com]

R&G is awesome. Must-see. Even if you can't get your hands on the movie, you can find a cheap copy of the play in any used bookstore.