 the place of the thing where then I'll catch the conscience of the king. Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello. I'm the idiot, I'm Corbin, and this is Debra. Uh, please follow us on Instagram! Before we start, thank you for everybody supporting us on Patreon. Yes, thank you from the bottom of our thanker. Any funds we get on there is going to our first trip to India. Just, whoot, whoot. Shout that out there, you don't have to give, can't like, comment, and subscribe as always. And we watched Hudder, Hater, Hooter. We benched Hooters. Unfortunately. Hater, I believe it's pronounced Hater. Hater. Is it? I don't know. I, I was calling it Hater. I've been calling it Hater. I think that he said more Hudder. It was, it probably is Hudder. Because so much of the Hindi I'm learning is, is in the back of the Hudder mouth. Hudder. Okay, I bet it's Hudder. But, uh, this was our first experience, well, second experience, I guess, with, uh, Shreed Kapoor. Correct. And I'm letting you know right now, I have a lot to say about this movie. I know. And a little, uh, pre-talk, it's obviously a spoiler review. Yes. If you haven't seen this, stop watching and go watch it. And then come back. Also, for all the talking you're about to hear, this is going to last for about at least three hours. He is a theater teacher. So he can talk years about Hamlet. So I just, and not, not only, I'm a theater teacher. I've been acting since I'm four. I taught theater. I adore Shakespeare. And my favorite play, anything from the world of theater is Hamlet. So you're about to get a theater lesson. Here we go. Uh, so obviously, Hader, uh, with Shreed Kapoor and a bunch of other people. Yep. Uh, the whole cast. If we're all strong, um, I, obviously we went into this loving the trailer. Mm-hmm. Uh, looked great. Yep. And, um, And loving him from, we'd only seen him. Yes, we'd only seen him in Padma Vat. And now we've seen a bunch of trailers and love it. Everybody said, it's like, you guys don't even know. It was like when we saw Gully Boy, we had never seen Ranveer before. We didn't, yeah, we didn't even mention Shreed Kapoor and our Padma Vat review. Exactly. Just like when in the Gully Boy, we were like, Yeah, Ranveer was good, I guess. Gully Boy was all about Aliyah Bhatt. We've known Bollywood in the India film industry for three and a half months. Three and a half months now. We're barely walking. We're babies. Yep. Barely walking. So forgive us. But, so yeah, the, um, The film obviously starts off in a 1995, I believe it said. Correct. But before you even go into kind of a synopsis, I just want to know what you think about it, like in a word or a sentence, what's your overall take on the film? Love? Okay. That's all I wanted to know. Um, but yeah, the, uh, it obviously starts, I forget what town they're in, but it's a, I believe it's a bordering town? Correct. It's, we're all, we're talking about Kashmir, yeah, the northern connection between the border of Pakistan. But it, uh, and it starts off kind of, epically, uh, just blow up people's houses. Yep. And then, uh, I actually watched this with my wife and I'm 100% glad I did. And let me tell you what, she was in the play that he put on. We did Hamlet. When we were all at the school together where I taught and there were students. I was not in. He was not in it, but we had started a conservatory of fine art and I allowed the students to decide what would be our very first play and the criteria I had for the plays at the conservatory were, every play we do is neat. It needs to be something that if we put it in a time capsule, we'd be telling people, these are the most important things that you need to see. And I gave them a list of options and the students chose Hamlet. And I said, you guys are sick. Do you realize what you're trying to attempt? And then he casted a female as Hamlet. I did. Anyways, but that is neither here nor there. And she rocked it. She did. Freaking, I was so proud of that production. She did amazing. Anyways, but I'm glad she was with me because I know about Hamlet, but, um, obviously haven't read it in years. And then she remembers everything. And so the whole time she was explaining explaining to me who these people were in the play. Because if they, I would not have known outside of him playing Hamlet. I was like, wait, I'm really glad she was there. I was like, wait, is that a filia? She said, that's not a filia. That's funny. Anyways, but, uh, so it started off and you, you get this feel of kind of a, the big tension. And so that it's kind of, she almost said at the beginning, she was like, this doesn't feel like Hamlet yet. And then obviously we got into it. But you were introduced to Cherie Kapoor crossing the border. And it was, it was almost a, that's what I kind of want to talk about most about this production is because he started off and he was almost this really normal kind of guy. Soft spoken, sweet kid. Soft spoken, sweet kid. And then the meat and juice started coming. And it happened obviously because in, in, in Hamlet, as you know, he, he's visited by his father's ghost. And that was really intriguing. And also loved that it's at IRFCon. I did not, either I forgot or I did not know he was in this. I, I had that pleasant surprise as well. Yeah. I was like, um, oh, it's him. IRF, IRF, IRF on con, IRF on con. IRF on con. I was pleasantly surprised. And then that's how they kind of implemented that the ghost father revenge, avenge me kind of. Yeah. The minute, the minute he revealed his name, I was wondering how they were going to do that. Yeah. The minute they revealed his name as Rudar, I immediately went to my translation because I was, I thought based at that point on what I had seen the director do, I knew that was the Hindi word for ghost. Oh yeah. I knew it. Gotcha. But I had to confirm it. In my heart, I thought if he stays, because I've got one word for this whole thing. What is it? Masterpiece. Yes. The other word is brilliant. Yes. I will get emotional talking about this poop. But I'm going to get emotional talking about this one. And because he was so brilliant, and because he was so aware of every little nuance, not only of Hamlet, but of Shakespeare, I, I, the minute I saw the director, the director, the director. Okay. I, I, the minute, the minute he said his name, I thought it's ghost. I guarantee it's ghost. And I looked it up, yeah, freaking brilliant. Yeah. Just brilliant. That was one of at least a hundred moments. This thing for me got from the get go. This thing for me, by the time I hit the middle of the, of the movie, and I'm happy to elaborate all day long about this, it was so freaking brilliant and perfect that I was sitting on the edge of my seat, begging it not to fail. It was on this tight rope of perfection. And I was like, please just don't mess this up. Especially when it got to the end. Yeah. I'm just, when it got to the point where they do the play, I was so at that point overwhelmed. Oh yeah. That, that was, I think, and I could be wrong when you were talking about, sure you poor doing the play. Yes. It's the play where Hamlet was going to do. Yeah. And he, he acts out what he's going to do. Correct. Yeah. Which in the actual play. Which step into it. Yeah. In the actual play, you may not know this as well. In the actual play, it's kind of a midway point of the thing. Hamlet's already been visited by the ghost of his father, but now he has this realization and he's thinking to himself, wait a minute, maybe that wasn't the ghost of my father. Maybe that was a demon from hell sent to deceive me and cause me to sin and damn me to hell. How can I know whether or not the ghost that came to me was actually the ghost of my father, which is an angel from heaven, wanting me to truly get revenge or am I being deceived? How can I figure it out? And as that happens, these players have come to the castle to play and do the, and he realizes, I'll have the players put together a story just like the one my father's ghost told me. And I'm going to watch my uncle and if he but blench, if he but blinks when we reenact the murder that no one else would know about, I'll know that it's a true ghost. We didn't get any of that. We didn't get any of that. I just knew it was coming. Yeah. And when it came and they did that, I literally at that point, remember, I'm sitting on the edge of my seat saying, please don't screw this up because it's perfect. I started bawling. I'm watching that moment and I've got tears streaming down my face. That's funny. My arms are out completely stretched out wide, watching and beholding this absolute perfection. And I said out loud, William Shakespeare would be so proud. This freaking movie is one of the greatest motion pictures I've ever seen. And that's what I was going to say. Seeing by Cherie Kapoor is probably the best acting I've seen in Bollywood so far. Oh, this was the first. This was the first. Now, we've seen obviously a ton of brilliant stuff. But that this was next level. That scene in particular was just the front beginning to end and that's it. And then whatever basically from then on, yeah, I see when he was talking to his mother. Yes. Yes. He was because when she was talking to the mother, was talking to him. And she was like, he used to practice me so much. She was like, and now my brother is touching her. Yes. Yes. I was like, but he was smiling while doing it. Yeah. I was like, yes. Yes. And there's choices an actor can make with this is either the actor or the director, which we can again, I'm happy to be here for nine hours. Hamlet can be played so many different ways. He can be played as legitimately going crazy. He can be played as he's feigning insanity. And Shakespeare meant that because Shakespeare created characters that you couldn't put in a box. They were like real people. This was the first time since Greek theater that actual flesh and blood was on stage was with Shakespeare. And let's talk about another aspect of this that just is mind boggling to me about the director, which I hope I pronounced his name right. It's Vachal Bardwash. Is that right? Yeah, it's definitely right. Vachal Bardwash who also who also wrote it with another person and the score was Vachal. Oh, OK. He did the score as well. OK, wherever you are Vachal. He's watching. There's nobody I've seen except for Lin-Manuel Miranda. And this is a completely different way to go. You're definitely not talking about acting. One of the things about Shakespeare was that Shakespeare was able to contemporize English history and present it to the common people in a way that they'd never seen before. It was not just the telling of the story and the way that he did it, but in the flesh and blood presentation of it, taking history, contemporizing it, and speaking to them. I'm sure I don't even know the full of it, but based on what we've learned about Kashmir, Pakistan, and those tensions, the way he was able to take the current situation and just the past few years and make that the setting as surely as Hamlet is set within these tensions politically, because the real Hamlet is like four and a half hours long if you do the whole story. And there's a lot of political tension going on that's contemporary. I compare him to Lin-Manuel Miranda because that's one of the brilliant things about Lin's Hamilton, is he's the first one of our generation to take something of American history and turn it into something contemporary by making it be hip-hop. Yeah. I can't sing the praises enough. For him to take something as important and as powerful and as hard as Hamlet, all the way to the end, I mean, all the way to the end, this is an absolute freaking masterpiece. Did you need any parts you didn't like? No. There was one part I didn't. I liked every single frame of film. The two friends. Rosencrantz and Gilter. Yeah, I believe that's who they were playing. Yep. They were Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. I didn't like them. I thought they were perfectly stupid. Yeah, but you could be perfectly stupid and have better acting. I believe that was intentional. I bet if you asked the director, he wanted them to be bad. I don't know. If that's the case... Because Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Well, I know, and I know Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and I know them from what's his face in Gary Oldman. Right. Yeah. And they're stupid, but it's well done. And so that's... Maybe it's a different take. You can let us know if that's what he intended, but that was my one gripe with it. I didn't... I loved it when they died. I was like, good. Don't let them see them anymore. It really... This is a weird comparison, I think, but tell me if this resonates. You also didn't like the headmaster and three idiots because he was two over the top and farcical. Yeah. I think it's for the same reason. And I think he did it for the same reason, among others. I think he actually was portraying them the way Shakespeare intends for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to be portrayed. Shakespeare's wrong. Yeah, I think if you see Rosencrantz and Guildenstern portrayed the way Shakespeare wanted them portrayed, and then contend... That's what I mean by Shakespeare would be so proud. I think he hit... He not only hit those nails on the head, he did little tiny touches like this when the uncle says to... We didn't even talk about taboo yet. And she's always brilliant. She's always brilliant. Literally she has that charisma on screen that you just... Yes. She's on it. Yes. Even though she was very difficultly almost overshadowed by Shredd Kapoor because his performance, especially after he went nutballs... Right. She was still like... You're like... I think it's her eyes. It is. She has great, great eyes. It is. But yeah, she was phenomenal. The brother-in-law was... He was okay. But he... The uncle who... Yeah, nothing. The Claudius. Yeah, but those like the... Whatever name is and Shredd Kapoor are I think the stars of this. Oh, for sure. But I... I... The K.K. Menon I think is his name who played the Claudius character which was Quran Mir. Yeah. I loved him. Yeah. No, I thought he was good. I just... I didn't... I don't think I loved him. I thought he was good. But the little things of... At one point he says to her, the uncle, the Claudius character says to Taboo and he's referring to Hader and he refers to him as... And he's talking to her. He says he's your little prince. That little... Hamlet's the prince of Denmark. Gotcha. That's just a little shout-out right there. By the way, it's pronounced chutzpah. That's... It's a Yiddish Jewish and they kept saying chutzpah. The chutzpah that you've got to catch? Oh, a chutzpah. And that means... I thought that was intentional. No, no, yeah. It probably wasn't intentional to mispronounce it but the actual pronunciation is chutzpah. Chutzpah, which means you've got... You've got balls. You've got guts. You're going to do something ballsy if you got chutzpah. Gotcha. I think that was intentional. Which was not in the original Shakespeare. No, I didn't... And we can talk about the ending now. The ending I thought was so good. Obviously the epic fight scene. Yes. And Hamlet just going ham on everybody. Yes. But then the thing I didn't see coming is... I thought she was going to kill us. I didn't know she was going to blow herself up. I thought it was like... Because I thought the whole shooting gun thing was going to come back. Which was a crazy scene to see. Yes. Which I loved it. Yeah, I did too. But that was so good. But I didn't see that she was just going to freaking blow herself up. I didn't need that. Not again. I'm waiting to see how they're going to end it because I know how Hamlet ends. And if you don't know how Hamlet ends... How did you like... Spoiler. He dies. Yeah, spoiler. It's a tragedy. Shakespeare's tragedy is pretty much everybody dies except the person telling the story. So how did you feel about him not dying? Well, let me explain everything. Here's what I was hoping. I was hoping you've been so different yet simultaneously honoring of Shakespeare. Don't end it like Shakespeare did. Stay true to what you've been doing. Keep this your own story while still honoring Shakespeare. Make it a tragedy. But give us another little curveball we didn't expect. And that's exactly what he did. Because what happens is a duel. And I kind of was expecting to see the duel. So when Laertes died the way he died, I was like, okay, this is again, we're different. And he coming out because in the play, Gertrude's poisoned. Claudius is poisoned. Hell, that's poison. From the tip of the dead. Everyone's dead from the original Game of Thrones. But the way this was done, this was another brilliant example of the director taking liberties that I think Shakespeare would say rock freaking on and making it about what is the present situation of that world right now. Because I think that's what Shakespeare could do. He could take something that resonated deep in the heart of the people and their country. And tell that story. And that's exactly what this director did. Little things like this. In Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are asked by Claudius to take him away to London, where they're going to kill him on the boat. Where were Rosencrantz and Guildenstern taking hater in this film? To an insane asylum. The parallel is the director is making a comparison that England and a nut house are the same. And I think any Indian would be like, well done, my friend. Tip of the cap to you. England are nut jobs. We appreciate that. Let's go out and get that one. Yeah, I would watch this movie over and over again just for the acting. Now we have to watch, I believe they're by the same director, but there's two other films, freaking other Shakespeare's. There's an Othello one, Othello. And is it Macbeth? Yeah, it's Othello and Macbeth. Come on. So I don't know. Turn it on, please tell us if it is by the same director. If we should react to those trailers. But I know they said there was like a trilogy kind of thing. Right. They kind of just remade all these. So I don't know if it's by the same director, but let us know. But yeah, we obviously both give this an A plus. Yeah, this epic film. And I would love to perform that one scene. Oh, I know you would. A thousand percent. A thousand percent you would. And this in closing, as much as I got emotional at that moment in the middle of the play when they're doing the song and dance that is the revelation. And I got so emotional and said, Shakespeare would be so proud. I then again got so mad at myself and mad at our situation. There are so many people. Thankfully we're recruiting people now. There's like people I know who are wanting to watch Indian film because of what's going on with the channel. Like asking me, okay, where do we start? They started off with, wow, what's going on with India? To and I don't mean that in a negative way. That's how I would react. It's like India. Wow, what? And now they're seeing the seriousness of it and they're saying, okay, so where should I start watching? They love film. So I'm watching this thing and I'm thinking how many other films are out there right now that I don't know about and that other people don't know about. Bali would just put out, I believe it was 1900 films last year. So, did they really? Yeah, there was this list that somebody said on Twitter, like America put out, I think, eight or 900 China, like 700 and then India, they put out the most content of any country. I think it was about 1800 movies they put out just last year. Anybody, this is a gift. That's all of India, obviously. Anybody who loves Shakespeare and loves Hamlet and doesn't get to see this movie is being robbed. They're just being robbed because it is just my favorite version of any Shakespeare. Unquestionably, West Side Story was the best attempt at taking a Shakespearean story and contemporizing it. Romeo and Juliet? Yes, Romeo and Juliet made and the most overrated Shakespeare play, I think. Yeah, comparatively, yeah. This is the greatest adaptation of Hamlet I've ever seen and I can't imagine it maybe done equally. Never better. Yeah. Never better. This is as good as it gets to take Hamlet and turn it into a current adaptation. It's the only actor I can see playing him here. It's Tom Hardy. You know who he reminded me of? That could do it. Who? You'll agree. Who? Shia LaBeouf. Maybe. Maybe. Shia could do it. It would have to be done. I believe he could. In the hands of the right director? Yeah. I believe he could. Yeah. Tom would do it. I don't want to know who could do it. He would do it irrespective of whose director. Yeah. And but Shia in the right hands with this director. Yeah, I'd say if he still likes. But I wouldn't want anybody else. Yeah. I want him in that. Yeah. Sure you could for it. He is Hamlet. Everyone in that movie, we could talk about the acting forever because I thought the girl who played Ophelia I thought was brilliant. I just, the whole supporting cast, the love and respect for Shakespeare, I just will sing the praises of this till I'm dead and thereafter. Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye.