Thursday, March 29, 2012

Personally, I preferred "Kiss Me Kate"

The Shakespeare-Scarface interface even extends to The Taming Of The Shrew

Hamlet and Scarface

While there don't seem to be quite as many Hamlet/Scarface mashups as Macbeth/Scarface ones, there are still more than a few examples on the auld 'Tube.

For instance (with a rather jarring big band swing soundtrack)



and

Macbeth and Scarface (or, Scarface and Macbeth)

A quick search on YouTube for "macbeth scarface" reveals a host of retellings of Macbeth in the style of Scarface (none of Scarface in the style of Macbeth I can see)

Many if not most seem to be projects for various classes - a not untypical example

Another, with a pumpin' hip hop soundtrack:



And another, seemingly independent of any educational institution:



Indeed, there seem so many "Scarbeths" (catchier than "Macface" I guess) that I sense a longer piece in the offing.

Monday, March 19, 2012

How the mighty have fallen

For once, an original photo by me

Nixon as Scarface



From this article "AmeriKa dämmerung? – Parte II: L'eKonomia" on Carmilla Online which seems to be a radical left Italian website.

Montana underwear at nauseam



As they say themselves,SCARFACE SCARFACE SCARFACE SCARFACE

Perhaps Scarface-themed underwear deserves a blog of its own?