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Mel Gibson, in the 1990 film version of Hamlet, speaks in a slow and deliberate monotone, explains his sorrow to his mother, and allows her to grope him; this delivery brings to foray Hamlet’s sadness, but downplays his revulsion and anger. Gibson’s very first line, “a little more than kin and less than kind” illustrates this point perfectly. Gibson elongates, spaces-out, and enunciates the words in this first line to such an extent that the viewer stops thinking about the meanings of the words. Instead, one thinks of how morose he must be to be so dilatory, how well he enunciates in a fake British accent, and of when the scene will move on. This shift of focus detracts from the sarcasm, rage, repugnance, sass, and emotion Hamlet’s lines would otherwise express. Later in the scene, when Hamlet and Gertrude are left alone, Hamlet explains to Gertrude how his depression is not just an act, and in doing so shows viewers his seething emotions regarding his father’s murder and his mother’s hasty and incestuous marriage (and his sorrow, of course). But this is not present in the Gibson version. He speaks slowly, deliberately, and genuinely attempts to explain his emotions to his mother as an equal. Though it illuminates Hamlet’s anguish and argument, this delivery submerges the angry sarcasm and moral outrage in a sea of sorrow, sloth, explanations, and mutual respect (sibilance intentional). And, throughout the scene, Gertrude (actor) essentially feels Gibson up (need a less colloquial way of saying that), and Gibson allows it. Although Shakespeare never says it, it is just nonsensical for hamlet to be okay with his incestuous and betraying mother to fondle him, especially while he is so dejected and mournful. Maybe he accepts her touching because he is too sad to refuse, but that does not make up for the fury and moral repulsion his acting lacks. Mel Gibson’s portrayal of Hamlet (in Act I Scene II) brings Hamlet’s sorrow to life. But, in doing so, Gibson ignored Hamlet’s outrage (both moral and vengeful) with his mother and his new father.

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