#maan:bts

[beanhusk]

my fave letterboxd reviews of maan (2011)

transcription under the cut <3

tara, 4 1/2 stars: I'm crying this was so GOOD they were so IDIOTIC catherine in the blue dress changed my LIFE I too want a stupid toy piano to plink on as I contemplate the beauty of women

sashi, 4 1/2 stars: some cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. david tennant and catherine tate killed me with ACTING.

julia, 4 1/2 stars: kill claudio.

ellie🦒, 5 stars: it's almost as if shakespeare wrote this play SPECIFICALLY for david and catherine because hoo boy nobody could have performed this the way they did

Nicole, 4 1/2 stars: the only thing that would have made this production better is if beatrice had had her way and benedick actually killed claudio

peej, 5 stars: josie rourke understands this play better than shakespeare did

Caitlin, 5 stars: The chaotic bisexual energy in this is ASTOUNDING

ffion, 4 stars: the chemistry between david tennant and catherine tate??? a more iconic comedy duo CANNOT be named

Katie🌈🎵, 4 1/2 stars: The queer energy coming off of this.... truly what Shakespeare would have wanted

teagan, 5 stars: i've never loved a performance choice more than i love david tennant as benedick delivering a soliloquy hungover, in jorts, and drinking through a star-shaped crazy straw! (also margaret pls marry me)

Jules, 4 stars: Benedick and Beatrice like lets be dumbe and silley together let's be stoopid in love and win the game of gender

🧚‍♀️, 4 1/2 stars: catherine tate wife

baz, 4 1/2 stars: catherine tate in the suit and the blue dress.......god i love women

galpalkirk, 4 stars: catherine tate... david tennant... i love you

maggie: wheres that tweet about being at a barbecue and saying like this whole thing smacks of gender....me watching this

tessaclare, 4 stars: susan_sontag_notes_on_camp.mp4

milo: far too much gender going on

Alex AL, 5 stars: Two Kinsey 5s making it work

tennant, 5 stars: david tennant and catherine tate being in a shakepseare play together cured my depression.

Emilie🤟🏼, 5 stars: the Only benedick and beatrice

vivi: this 100% takes place in the same universe as the mamma mia movies

Jean, 5 stars: OH the GENDER of it all.

Nikuuuu, 5 stars: U think u know romance??? U don't

bruschetta bitch, 4 1/2 stars: still waiting for david and catherine to adopt me

angelazira, 5 stars: oh, so Catherine tate is hot hot.

mila, 3 1/2 stars: benedick and beatrice bicons <3

felicia, 4 1/2 stars: Oh fuck maybe David Tennant is hot

mary, 4 stars: david tennant with white paint on his face, grinning like an idiot because he's in love

azie, 5 stars: Benedick: the orginal himbo

james, 4 stars: hand me a baseball bat im bashing claudios head in

Grace, 4 stars: this was so crazy it made me want to make out with someone but then i regained my senses

Sophie, 5 stars: Much Ado About Nothing (2011) my beloved

shira / nell, 5 stars: when shakespeare wrote much ado about nothing he did it specifically with david tennant and catherine tate in mind. no one else can give us such chaotic bisexual energies.

lemon, 4 1/2 stars: nothing to say just bi/bi ship

shira / nell, 5 stars: ngl i have no idea what's happening half the time but catherine tate hot and david tennant pretty so does it really matter

elliot, 4 stars: thank you catherine & david for your service to the lgbt community

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"it's sort of that template for every romantic comedy that's followed, in that they can't see how perfect they are for each other & everyone around them does" - david tennant on benedick & beatrice

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actually convinced that i wouldn't have any problems in life if i'd seen much ado about nothing directed by josie rourke starring david tennant & catherine tate live

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david tennant as benedick & catherine tate as beatrice was absolutely perfect casting

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"nature never framed a woman’s heart of prouder stuff than that of beatrice- disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes" is such a banger line but it's kind of overshadowed by ctate crouching underneath a drop cloth only to be hooked onto a wire & hoisted up into the rafters where she flails around like a low-budget ghost

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when dt & ctate were on the radio & ctate called their version of sigh no more "the hit of the summer" SO TRUE

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logically i know that much ado about nothing (2011) didn't make me bisexual but what i'm telling ppl is that much ado about nothing (2011) made me bisexual

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catherine tate is so good at crying wtf

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so dt said in a panel that he listened to the album EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\\ by glasvegas every night before performing much ado about nothing,, anyway i gave it a listen & it's SO angsty i have no idea how he listened to that & then went onstage as benedick ???

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me @ any literary analysis: there is no such thing as a "correct" interpretation of a text. while it is true that some interpretations are more substantially supported by the text itself & others are, in fact, at odds with the text, labelling any one interpretation as "correct" is unhelpful at best & harmful at worst.

me @ much ado about nothing starring david tennant & catherine tate: this is the correct interpretation of the text.

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@ whoever did the costuming for much ado 2011 i want to kiss u on the mouth

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“the most glorious one to behold, for me, is beatrice from much ado”

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i'm in love with her

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i wasn't "born gay" i saw catherine tate in a suit when i was a teenager & now i am the way i am

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just scrolled through a few hundred 2011 tumblr posts & i've never felt so seen

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i rlly truly appreciate everyone who reblogs my posts & has a gay freak out over catherine tate's beatrice in the tags <3