The whole movie was a feast of bizarre inside jokes such as Newtonian physics, DaVinci inventions, laws of probability, etc.
Guildenstern is driven to distraction by Rosencrantz, who is constantly, inadvertently making these “discoveries” along the way, even though he is cast as the fool of the pair.
It’s almost absurdist but with a wry, dry wit.
Even Dreyfuss is brilliant as the eccentric Player and his traveling tragedians are a delight.
Give it another shot and really *watch* ~everything~.
The Hamlet ep is one of my favorite MSTK3s.
Another is The Final Sacrifice, partly because of the over the top corniness and Zap: “It’s A Cult.”’ Crow: “They worship Blue Oysters”
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I’ll give it another shot. I was a lot younger when I saw it, which probably made a difference.
The Final Sacrifice was awesome! Bicycle chases through majestic Southern Alberta! Zapp Rosdower and his beer bottles of doom! Unemployed wrestlers with bags on their heads! (And let us not forget Tom’s Canada song!)
“Manos, the Hand of Fate”, and any “Prince of Space” episode are classic MST episodes..