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Grand Theft Hamlet review: something rotten

Grand Theft Hamlet review: something rotten

“Grand Theft Hamlet is too busy pitting high art against low art to take advantage of the communal power shared by games and theater.” Pros Wonderful supporting cast In-game shots feel natural Communal power of theater and games Cons Lacks focus Not enough of the actual play High vs. low art debate Table of Contents Table of Contents Anyone can …

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Grand Theft Hamlet is at its best in the moments of pure mayhem

Grand Theft Hamlet is at its best in the moments of pure mayhem

It’s only January, but the eccentric, ambitious documentary Grand Theft Hamlet will surely end up as one of 2025’s most interesting movies. During England’s second lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, two unemployed actors who had been spending their time in Grand Theft Auto Online decided to stage a production of Hamlet within the confines of the game’s virtual …

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Grand Theft Hamlet uses GTA to put the chaos back into Shakespeare

Grand Theft Hamlet uses GTA to put the chaos back into Shakespeare

Grand Theft Hamlet is a documentary film, kind of. It’s also an experimental theater project. It’s also a rough-and-ready feature-length machinima, made entirely in-game in Grand Theft Auto Online. It’s also a slapstick comedy of errors about three friends trying to fill an empty period in their lives by staging a production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet inside this chaotic online …

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