Blog Love Omega Glee: Hamlet In A Steel Cage Match (25 June 2012)

North rings up Jake, "Dude, I have an out of state booking!"

"That's great, dude. Congratulations! Where is it?"

"Butler, Pennsylvania."

"When is it?"

"Tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?"

"It's kind of a last minute thing. Anyway, I'm not just calling to brag that I'll be driving a couple hundred miles to wrestle in front of fifty people to make twenty bucks; I need some help."

"Sure."

"If it goes well, it could be an ongoing thing, so I want to pitch a storyline to the promoter. You remember in high school English where Mrs. Wormwood said that Shakespeare used the plots of older works in his plays?"

"Yeah?"

"Well, I want to do the same thing."

"You want to use the plots from Shakespeare's sources?"

"No, no. I want to use the plots of Shakespeare plays in my wrestling storyline. I figure why not steal from the best. So that's why I'm calling you. Which one should I use first? What would be a good angle to start with?"

"You want to use a Shakespeare plot for your wrestling angle?"

"Yes. Now which one?"

"Uh, I don't know. Hamlet?"

"Hamlet's good, but I want to work up to that one. I'm thinking of a last man standing match at a pay per view for that one. I need something less complex to start off with."

"What about one of the comedies then?"

"OK, which one?"

"Uh, The Taming Of The Shrew? Maybe you could use Miss Mess for the Kate part."

"OK, that's good. Where does my opponent fit in?"

"Your opponent?"

"Yeah, my opponent. I think he's some guy called The Mississippi Maniac, which doesn't make any sense since he's from Pittsburgh."

"Uh, maybe make him the Kate part?"

"OK, he's the shrew and I have to tame him so I can marry him. I can dig it. Isn't that a little gay though? My character's not gay. Plus I've never been to Butler before and I don't exactly know what the audience is into and not into."

"Uh, maybe you just have to pin him, not marry him."

"Oh, that'll work."

"There's also a huge part of the plot about these other guys trying to marry Kate's sister. How are you going to work that in?"

"Hmm . . . I think I'll just cut it."

"Cut it?"

"Yeah, I think me taming The Maniac is a good angle to pitch. What about the history plays?"

"What about them?"

"I'm thinking that Henry The Sixth would be a good basis for a six-man tag match."

"Why's that?"

"Isn't it obvious? It's got 'six' in the title!"

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