Slings and Arrows - Season 1, Ep 1 - Part 1

[9andabovge]

Oh thank u..I saw this on Ovation n then missed day last 6 eps now I can start over

[feuilletoniste]

Thanks so much for this! I watched it all on YouTube a couple of years ago, got hooked, bought the DVDs and have been happily disseminating the joys of Shakespearean meta-dramedy to friends and family members ever since :0)

[Kirandera]

I LOVE THIS SHOW :D

[GaryAnyanka]

Yesterday I fixed a toilet and felt like Geoffrey. Then I remembered it was high time to watch this show again!

[PiecesOfRainbow7]

I JUST MET STEPHEN OUIMETTE last night!! He was so nice :) I love this show!

[SultrySole]

@PiecesOfRainbow7 do you anyone who might be able to tell me where I can watch season 3 of this??

[PiecesOfRainbow7]

@SultrySole I'm not sure... try sidereel dot com?

[Arichansylph]

I'm watching the Lear season right now on Ovation. I've only seen 3 eps of this show and I love it already! I thought that the old guy would make a good Prospero. Ironic that Tempest is season 1. lol

[reluc0]

I started watching this when it originally came on TMN and have since lent out the DVDs to a number of friends who -while not admittedly fans of Shakespeare- loved the series.

I wish we had more shows like this: quality over quantity, instead of the standard 7+ season crap that plagues the networks.

I just love this show and I am stoked to see that it has been exported south of the equator. I hope, given its fantastic story, that we will see more of it in other countries.

[reluc0]

Oh, and I'm currently watching the Brazilian remake, which is quite good as well. (It is a very surreal experience watching this--especially since the format of the scenes are almost identical and the music is used as well.) The choice of actors for the remake fit the original (although I'm not enjoying their slant on Richard's character).

As for which is better, just drop it please! They are both amazing.

"The theatre is an empty box..."

[eranajz]

Does the Brazilian version have Paul Gross doing Shakespeare? No? Then the Canadian version is better for me then yours. It's all subjective, anyway.

[thefreeair]

Is this going to become another battle of annoying fans in the same vein of The Office UK vs. The Office US nonsense? That shit is beyond tiresome. Yes, the original is well crafted. Yes, existing material can be improved on. Blah, blah, blah, I'm sure both shows have their merits, so why confine yourself to just one, let's all get along already, yadda yadda.

There, I solved it for you.

Now shut up already about the other goddamned version and let me enjoy the one I came here to view.

[antoniosavorelli]

OK, we get it, Brazilians like Brazilian stuff.

[frederico99]

why don't you try to watch the brazilian version and get to a conclusion by yourself? maybe, they're right. maybe it's better...

it is on youtube too. the name is som & furia (portuguese translation for the famous quotation from macbeth "sound and fury").

regards

[paulastriquerlima]

Brazillian version is better! "Som e Fúria"

[qal0vz32]

The brazilian adaptation is much better than this one, the original. The director is Fernando Meirelles, the same director for Blindness and City of God. You can find this version of sling and arrows, typing " Som e Fúria - Episódio "

[smalltownskgirl]

Hahaa! Go Paul Gross. =)

[ahenmaxtae]

@smalltownskgirl lol... so you're here too? im not too surprised... i just the very last episode of due south and i was depressed, so i came looking for something else with paul gross in it... a far cry from polite mounties huh?

[delsoleil]

The Canadian version is good...but the Brazillian version(Som e Fúria) is better...it's wonderful and more interesting!

[kayanarede]

yeah, the brazilian version just kicks ass!!! the canadian one totally sucks!!

[ofeiomaisbelo]

I liked the Original version ... but theres nothing than a Million Dollars Production as Globo in Brazil did to it... as the original version seems more like a soup-opera ... the Brazilian one is realistic and much more interesting than the Canadian! Som e Furia is more funny to see! Anyway I like it better!

[antoniosavorelli]

It's fiction who says it has to be "realistic"?

[RachelBalassiano]

The brazilian version in 100x better...

[guhgah81]

Som e fúria (brazil) é muiiitooo melhooorrr

[GuizadoRoots]

The Brazilian version is also very good. recommend " SOM & FÚRIA"

[Mariaquilah]

The Brazilian version is excellent. Maybe better than the Canadian.

[jmelao]

They just made a brazillian mini-series named "Som & Fúria" out of the series.

[jsland1]

Wow-I've been renting this series for two years and here it is.....but you can't hear the quality in the dialogue. I've known some of these types in my own contacts with theatre as a musician -and I love every minute of it. It's the best popular Canadian TV I've ever seen. They should run it again.....

[jee5863]

Hehehehehe! "It's like drinking chilled German urine."

[FireShorts]

To those unfamiliar with the theatre this show was filmed in: it is the Tivoli in Hamilton. Only a year after this show was filmed, the theatre suffered a parial collapse and was completely demolished aside from the auditorium. It still exists today, rotting away.

[wakon1]

I saw Paul Gross do Hamlet at Stratford!!

[shotslove]

I would kill to work with a director like Geoffrey Tennant.

[RubyTuesday717]

"Cheer up, Hamlet

Chin up, Hamlet

Buck up, you melancholy dane!"

I love hearing that; the other two theme songs don't have the same absurdity or humor.

[frankantoniomartin]

There is an excellent radio interview with Paul Gross (main lead) and Martha Burns (diva) on July 21, 2007. They are married in real life.

[Cerri01234]

THE TOILET IS FIXED! LOL

[rosiegroovy]

man, mark is HOT!

[dago942]

can i buy the seasons if i live in th US? hwere could i find them? HELP i love this!

[Cerri01234]

Yes. Amazon has all three seasons in one set region 1 :) I have all 3 :)

[munchkindelite]

This is fun! We don't have anything quite like this show in the US.

[hotaruodori]

Is it just me or is the sound really poor?

[kyralin]

It's not just you.

[HammingGreen]

Slings and Arrows is by far the best TV show ever made. It's incredibly funny, intelligent and very human. The actors put down a great performance all around. It can't be beat!

[RubyTuesday717]

It's really unlike any American comedy on TV today; to me, the last time screenwriting was this sharp, it was HIS GIRL FRIDAY back in 1940. And Paul Gross is just perfect, he reminds me of a more flamboyant John Cusack.

[seanrockstar]

this is boring.. -.-

[Turk3ylips]

You know who I love.

Rachel Mcadams

[danebray]

I love the part with the Tempest. Chills all around.

[TorchonFire]

Watched every episode! 5 stars

[Sromano0011]

hey this isn't about slings!! rip-off....

[tundra1030]

HOLY COW, this show is totally wonderful. Funny and smart.....if you've ever spent one second in the theater you will recognize every one of these people.

[GiantPetRat]

@tundra1030 True that! My mom runs a theater troupe, and all of these characters are so beautifully, accurately written!