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Is Iago in love with Othello? Does he hate that about himself? Wouldn't that be motivation to destroy first everyone else that Othello loves and then the man himself? Hey, it's a theory we have... see what you think. In this whopper of a scene, Act 3: Scene 3, the antitheses, the opposites in the themes of the play start to swap places. Watch as Othello's language changes and he begins adopting Iago's word choices - bestial imagery for sure. It's a fascinating study in psychological manipulation.

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In which Iago begins to implement his plan by first taking out Cassio and laying (snicker, I said laying) the groundwork for his ultimate goal.

Diana sings the songs, thankfully.

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Iago is one paranoid fucker. He thinks Othello has slept with his wife. He thinks Cassio has slept with his wife. Basically he's the one who is suffering from extreme jealousy. Pretty soon he will find some company for this misery. No fear. 

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Meet Desdemona. She's kind, beautiful and generous, and yes, she will ultimately be an innocent victim, but she ain't so virginal and proper. The girl knows what she wants! She knew exactly what she was attracted to and she went out and got it, and her father and the old white dudes in Venice can't believe their ears! 

Pay attention to the word 'ear' which gets repeated a LOT in this scene too. Is it a coincidence that ear is Elizabethan slang for vagina? 

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Meet the man himself. Hear him speak - calmly, eloquently, so very unlike a "savage." He is surrounded by savages, to be sure.

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Meet Iago, foul-mouthed malevolent malcontent, and hear him tell you all about what kind of nasty fellow he is. He spews about his hatred of his fellow soldiers, and especially his hatred of the general of his army, the Moor. So when you hear people say "Oh Iago has no motive for the terrible things he does..." uh... just tell them to read the first f*cking scene!!!

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Is this 'the racist play?' We will get into that right off the bat here and tell you what we think. It is certainly a deeply complex exploration of many many themes: love/hate, innocence/guilt, black/white, jealousy/trust, reality/fantasy... We can't wait to get into it, so here's a bit of a set-up so you know what you're in for.

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This episode is done Drunk Shakespeare-style with your crazy hosts sipping whiskey throughout. We hope you giggle in places and still find the content useful. We tried to edit out some of the long pointless rambles, but ya know... 

By the way, theme song for Mac's last day: Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day. Whaddaya think?  🎵 "My shadow's the only one that walks beside me..."🎶  "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage..."  Yes, these are the weird connections that occur in our brains. They burst forth after a bit of whiskey...

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That is... forest. 😁 

Since Act 5 goes back and forth from the Scottish to the English, we thought we'd just lump those English scenes in together here and tell you a bit about that invading army. Did you know that Siward was Malcolm's grandfather? That must have made some of those Scottish lords a bit uncomfortable, no? To think their future king was half English? But the listening King James was a similar hybrid. Context is everything.

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It's our last chance to see the delicious Lady M. in all her madness and majesty. Absolutely heartbreaking... if you listen.

And we're going to save all the Malcolm and company scenes to put together in the next episode, so here also is 5:3 with Mr. Mac back from the green room with all his renewed energy, driving toward his inevitable end. At least he can go out as a soldier. Let's face it, he sucked as a king.

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