Playwright Smells ‘Something Rotten’ With ‘History Of The World Part II’ Shakespeare Scene
deadline.comSomething Rotten!, the hit 2015 Broadway comedy set during the time of Shakespeare, includes an early scene in which a rival of the Bard is encouraged to add tunes to his plays and invent something called “the musical.” The rival playwright quickly dismisses the idea before enthusiastically breaking into song.
In a new trailer for Hulu’s Mel Brooks comedy History of The World Part II, Shakespeare is seen leading what appears to be a writers room when one of the scribes suggests adding music to his plays.
Shakespeare dismisses the idea before enthusiastically breaking into song. Something Rotten! book writer John O’Farrell took note of the similarities in a series of tweets this morning, saying the Brooks’ project “hath ripped us off.” O’Farrell, who also wrote the book for the Mrs.
Doubtfire musical, tweets: Forsooth, Mel Brooks’ new film hath ripped us off Something Rotten!I know writers can land on the same idea but our musical ran on Broadway for 2 years then toured for 2 more, there’s no way that everyone connected with his film was unaware of it….
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