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Macduff is that late-in-the-game hero who comes to save the day, but only after huge personal cost. This third scene of Act 4 is a very weird one at first, and we get a glimpse into how to talk to someone you think is only trying to kill you. Malcolm has been hiding away in England while the rest of his countrymen are getting slaughtered, but apparently Macbeth has sent others to try and kill him. He believes that Macduff is just one more potential assassin, so he puts him to a series of very weird tests, the last of which is whether he's man enough to go kill that bastard now that his whole family has been slaughtered.

Manliness... it's a pervasive theme - in this play, in politics, in heterosexual relationships... so complicated.

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She's the anti-Lady Macbeth, the other woman in this bloody tragedy, and the most innocent of all that get murdered. It sucks. If there is one scene that turns the tide against Macbeth and makes the audience start to doubt their homeboy, this is it. Killing kids is bad. 

So we'll keep it brief, because we know how you feel.

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Little o' this, little o' that, and pretty soon you have a nice chunky hallucination stew! We're gonna sift through all those weird ingredients - baby bits, innards, bat fur - that go into the XXXstacy that the witches make for Macbeth so that they can deliver those last few nuggets that push him over the edge of doom. It's a tragedy AND a party. Come on over!

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There's nothing quite as terrifying as a zombie with 20 bleeding holes in his head! Ask our poor hero. Yes, hero. He never asked for this shit. All he wanted was to keep being a soldier and killing whoever his king told him to, and then these witches with their prophecies... fuck! Who needs it??!!

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When you start out by killing your king, everything else should be easy, right? Turns out that killing your best bud is worse. Mac is losing it. Lady Mac thinks being queen sucks. It's all going to hell... as was our tech this week. PLEASE FORGIVE US for the messy sound and crazy jumble that we made of this episode. The end has a good historical add-on, so hopefully that makes up for some of it.

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One weird little scene that seems pointless until you know something crucial about how the kings of Scotland were crowned. Followed by an interview with a couple of murderers who are going to take a bit of bloody biz off Mac's hands.

Scottish kings were brought to Scone for their investiture and there ensued an elaborate ceremony that involved the Stone of Scone. It is an ancient piece of granite that, legend has it, came over to Scotland with an Egyptian princess named Scota. She snatched it from underneath Jacob's head after he woke up from that dream about the angels (Jacob's Ladder - go look that shit up yourselves). She sailed with it across the Mediterranean and landed in Spain first. Nah, she decided, Spain sucks. So she continued on through the straits of Gibraltar and up to Ireland. Close, she said, but not quite right. She finally landed on the western coast of Scotland and fell in love with it. Who wouldn't? She founded a race of Scottish people (Scota - hello!) and there were a few skirmishes with another tribe - the Picts - who were fierce and loved Scotland too, but eventually they were all Scott-ish. 

Every time a Scottish king was crowned, their own personal poet would tell their entire lineage and history from Scota up to their present (sure, they might have had to scooch that line a bit to get around some other folks, but... who's asking?). THEN, finally, the Earl of FIFE had to present them a special sword and charge them with the protection of the country.

Macduff says he ain't going to Scone. So maybe Macbeth's investiture wasn't quite legal? Just sayin'...

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Knock knock.  Who's there?  Con.  Con who?  Condom broke. I'm your kid.

No, there are no surprise babies in this scene, but there is one teensy bit of comic relief the the form of the Porter. And then... horror, horror, horror... Macbeth tells everyone he's sorry for what he did. Truly. Listen carefully.

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In which communication breaks down and NOTHING, NOTHING is ever the same.

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Lady Mac greets Duncan and welcomes him to her battlements. Then she has to talk hubby down off the ledge and give him some specifics so his imagination doesn't run away with him. Is it any wonder she's a little frazzled??

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Is Lady Macbeth the villain of the play?? If so, why isn't the play called Lady Macbeth??? We think she gets a very bad rap and we're gonna prove it to you. Have a listen.

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