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“Though she be but little, she is fierce!”

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is Shakespeare’s funniest comedy, honestly. When a couple tries to run away, they get followed by a man in love with them, and then by a woman in love with him. And a fairy fucking around makes it all go to shit. As you do!

This play is probably funniest because of its excellent set of characters, including:
✔Hermia – is 4’9” and could kick your ass. runs a feminist blog
✔Lysander – is so beautiful and so, so useless
✔Helena – was told she was too tall for a pair of heels once by a shoestore clerk and stared him directly in the face while purchasing them. your one friend who’s pining over some shitty man
✔Demetrius – the shitty man. okay, actually, he’s doing his best, he’s just like, really bad at everything

→adaptation thoughts←
Okay, first of all, may I just say: I won’t rest until someone does a version that changes the genders of Lysander and Helena and makes it a play about an arranged marriage being forced apart because they both find gay love. you're all weak for not taking this obvious opportunity

But in case you wanted a serious answer: I have not actually seen this adaptation yet, but I am a huge fan of the casting of this production:

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here are my other Shakespeare thoughts:
Hamlet - ★★★★★
Romeo & Juliet - ★★★☆☆
Midsummer - ★★★★★
Macbeth - ★★★★★
Much Ado - ★★★★★

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