A Hawk from a Handsaw
- Episode aired Dec 16, 2021
- TV-MA
- 46m
Twenty years later, Kirsten and her Shakespearean troupe, the Traveling Symphony, meet a mysterious man on their way to perform at St. Deborah-by-the-Water.Twenty years later, Kirsten and her Shakespearean troupe, the Traveling Symphony, meet a mysterious man on their way to perform at St. Deborah-by-the-Water.Twenty years later, Kirsten and her Shakespearean troupe, the Traveling Symphony, meet a mysterious man on their way to perform at St. Deborah-by-the-Water.
- Clark Thompson
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Traveling Symphony troupe comes across a fan named Dan who begs to be allowed to audition again. He also asks to be allowed to perform something other than Shakespeare. When they accede to both requests, he performs Bill Pullman's climactic monologue from the 1996 action movie Independence Day, written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. Though this goes unacknowledged in the episode, since that movie's release, many movie writers and Shakespeare scholars have noted the monologue's thematic and rhetorical similarity to one of Shakespeare's most famous monologues: the rousing "St. Crispin's Day" speech delivered by Henry V in the eponymous play. In the 2015 "Complex" article "The Oral History of the President's Speech in 'Independence Day,'" James Harris quotes Dean Devlin: "I said to Roland, 'It would be great if we could do a kind of a St. Crispin's Day speech.' You know, where the king basically rallies the troops....Roland turned to me and said, 'Oh great. We only have to write a speech as great as the St. Crispin's Day speech. How are we going to do that?'"
- Quotes
Kirsten Raymonde: Okay, go. What's your question about the phone?
Alexandra: [Who is holding a dead iPhone] So I press the button. Then?
Kirsten Raymonde: Then an entire map and all the cars comes up.
Alexandra: Okay, so then I press, 'I want a ride.'
[Mimic pressing the button]
Alexandra: I want a ride. And... something happens in a car nearby? They can see where we are?
Kirsten Raymonde: Yeah, and then they come and pick you up, and they take you anywhere.
Alexandra: Okay. So how many plays fit on this one?
Kirsten Raymonde: Alex, every play. All of the plays fit on it.
Alexandra: I wish I coulda had a phone.
Kirsten Raymonde: They weren't that great.
Alexandra: [With the phone to her ear] Okay, so let me just read everything and speak to anyone, anywhere.
- ConnectionsReferences Independence Day (1996)
- SoundtracksGive Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
(uncredited)
Written by George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Jerome Brailey
Performed by Parliament
- talhacarrim
- Sep 22, 2022
Details
- Runtime46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix