Ooo. Gotta go back and see that version. The funniest Dogberry bit for me was that when he was turned into an ass, it didn't bother him at all.

There is a production with Cagney, Joe E. Brown and Dick Powell:

"...Four days will quickly steep themselves in night; see?
Four nights will quickly dream away the time;
And then the moon, like to a silver bow
New-bent in heaven, shall behold the night, see?..."

Much Ado is the only Shakespearean comedy that actually makes me laugh out loud. It has the wit of Shakespeare coupled with the comic sensibility of I Love Lucy. Benedick and Beatrice are the foreparents of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, and in fact I saw Kate as Beatrice on stage in Boston. My favorites were John Gielgud and Margaret Leighton, but Branagh and Thompson were a mighty close second.

Ooo. Gotta go back and see that version. The funniest Dogberry bit for me was that when he was turned into an ass, it didn't bother him at all.

There is a production with Cagney, Joe E. Brown and Dick Powell:

"...Four days will quickly steep themselves in night; see?
Four nights will quickly dream away the time;
And then the moon, like to a silver bow
New-bent in heaven, shall behold the night, see?..."

Beatrice and Benedick crack me up. The actual plot is... off putting.

Apparently After Earth is not M. Night Shyamalan's return to cinematic grace after all.

Not surprised. Did you actually see it, or simply catch an odor wafting from the moviehouse?

Keaton - the rodeo thing was unexpected. Which is part of why it is admirable. I even liked him in White Noise. Now there's a true fan.

In other words, it comes across as what it is. How did that kid not get that if he wants a genuine career, working with daddy was the worst way to achieve it.

I say grab the career by whatever means necessary.