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Tommy Boy is Hamlet (with Lisa Chanoux)

Tommy Boy is Hamlet (with Lisa Chanoux)

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To be, or not to be? Aye, there’s the central question at the heart of the classic work “Tommy Boy” the 1995 broad comedy starring the late Chris Farley. This movie is more than a work of staggering childish genius. It is also a sophisticated adaptation of “Hamlet,” as in, the Shakespeare one. Joining Tess for a close reading of “Tommy Boy” through a Shakespearean lens is the comedian and podcaster Lisa Chanoux @LisaChanoux.


Listen to BBC’s “In Our Time: Hamlet”

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