Mel Gibson Goes Back to School: Hamlet

To be used as a study guide.

Mell Gibson stands up at a podium in a classroom of some high school, but no school(s) name(s) is/are given, and discusses Hamlet. The scene of the presentation moves from one class to another. He gives his interpretation of what Hamlet is thinking and doing. We get clips from his movie on the subject. The clips are shown on an old-fashioned analog T. V. This is a pretty good synopsis of the story.

We get a quote from a book by A. C. Bradley (26 March 1851 - 2 September 1935). This is Bradley's description of the character Hamlet.

Oh, no, he has the kids play out some scenes. Then, back to the TV, we see Old Hamlet without his beaver.

Some of the speeches in his movie may seem out of place, but that's because you can't cut out the best moments when you cut the play down.

He does not take the time to mention that the movie pared down the play from four hours to a little over two hrs. So, the whole story about Old Hamlet's pilfering Denmark from Old Fortinbras and young Fortinbras (The Prince of Norway) has to recapture Denmark from Claudius is missing.

In the process of describing the play, Mel Gibson verges on an MST3K skit.

AKA Mel Gibson Goes Back to School: A Discussion on Hamlet by A Soda Company.